Food trade among Pacific Island countries and territories: implications for food security and nutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing attention to intra-regional trade in food. However, the relationship between such trade and food and nutrition is understudied. In this paper, we present an analysis of intra-regional food trade in the Pacific region, where there are major concerns regarding the nutritional implications of international food trade. Using a new regional database, we examine trends in food trade among Pacific Island Counties and Territories (PICTs) relative to extra-regional trade.

Results

Intra-regional trade represents a small, but increasing proportion of total imports. The major food group traded within the Pacific is cereal grains and flour, which represented 51% of total intra-regional food trade in 2018. Processed and prepared foods, sweetened or flavoured be

SUBMITTER: Thow AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9750728 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature