Improving the Capacity of Farmers to Market a Consistent Supply of Safe, Quality Food - TCP/SAM/3601
| dc.coverage | Samoa | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:20:57Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T13:20:57Z | |
| dc.date | 2020 | |
| dc.date | 2020-04-17T08:48:17.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T21:09:49Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.format | 9 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA8666EN | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/ca8666en/ca8666en.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/215161 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Improving the Capacity of Farmers to Market a Consistent Supply of Safe, Quality Food - TCP/SAM/3601 | |
| dc.type | Document |