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Disasters and agriculture in the Pacific Islands by Andrew M McGregor and Ian K L McGregorPrepared for the South Pacific Disaster Reduction Programme (RAS/92/360)with assistance from the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs, New YorkDesign and Layout by South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)Published by the UNDP through the UN Disaster Management Program -South Pacific Office (UNDMP-SPO)September 1999ISBN 982-364-006-8(ii)
Page 1: DISASTERS ANDISBN: 982-364-006-8AGR
Page 6 and 7: 27 The coconut and its uses inTuval
Page 8 and 9: PREFACEThe Pacific island region is
Page 10 and 11: dependence on cash to obtain food,
Page 12 and 13: States. These countries have very l
Page 14: Papua New Guinea Independent state
Page 18 and 19: Serious and direct local impact on
Page 20 and 21: the incursion of feral animals. The
Page 22 and 23: isasters and Agriculture in the Pac
Page 25 and 26: THE AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTSamoa i
Page 27 and 28: crop; according to the 1989 Agricul
Page 29 and 30: ecent serious bushfires occurred in
Page 31 and 32: Table 5: Cyclone Val: damage cost e
Page 33 and 34: Table 7: Official assessment of the
Page 35 and 36: unfortunately, be regarded as endem
Page 37 and 38: Rogers concluded that the apparent
Page 39 and 40: 3. DISASTERS AND AGRICULTURE IN FIJ
Page 41 and 42: Table 11: Cropping patterns in Kada
Page 43 and 44: good involved in presentations to c
Page 45 and 46: increasing incidence of indiscrimin
Page 47: Sigatoka Disease (Mycosphaerella mu
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programmes promoting sophisticated
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Table 15: The cost of cyclones to K
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Table 18: A simulation of the taro
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4. DISASTERS AND AGRICULTURE IN WES
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have created exotic grasslands on t
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These plots are rain fed and are in
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exceed several hundred acres of cle
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a)to coconuts is evident from their
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nut trees. Siwatibau, in her study
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and is planted anywhere in the bush
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of drought; and as a short-term cro
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materials can be prolonged by the a
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PROJECTS TO ENHANCE SELF-RELIANCEAN
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Table 26: Atoll location and the in
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Population density is high, at 377
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and November Gust prior to the cycl
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possible. In early 1990, the crop o
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Table 28: Reported food crop losses
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6. THE VULNERABILITY OF PACIFIC ISL
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also made to grow maize commerciall
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Xanthsoma A popular root crop in Fi
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Cocoa The second most important tre
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maintains a strong subsistence base
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possibility of seeking assistance f
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Table 33: Official assessed damage
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The difficulty lies with separating
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costs they bring but, unlike Fiji,
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TongaSquash export to Japan will ce
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Table 37: Projects identified for m
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Now at the end of the twentieth cen
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Table 40: An indicative budget for
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It is recommended that the Pacific
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There is clearly a close link betwe
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investment in agricultural enterpri
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REFERENCESAaldersberg W. and S.Park
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Government of Western Samoa, Nation
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