Improving the Capacity of Farmers to Market a Consistent Supply of Safe, Quality Food - TCP/SAM/3601
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Although over 80 percent of Samoa’s population isconsidered as residing in rural areas, the contribution ofthe agriculture sector to the country’s GDP has continuedto shrink in recent years, from a proportion ofapproximately 50 percent in 1980 to 10.4 percent in 2013.The overwhelming majority of those employed in theagriculture sector are small-scale, subsistence farmers.The composition of the sector has made accurateestimation of the value of agricultural production adifficult and costly venture, while policy and planningfor the agriculture sector have become a difficultproposition. As a result, the relatively small commercialagricultural sector in Samoa has struggled to maintainits export and domestic competitiveness, with a resultantincrease in dependence upon food imports and risinghousehold consumption of high-calorie, non-traditionalfoods. This has had a significant adverse impact uponnational health and rates of Non CommunicableDiseases (NCD) in the country.