Through the partnership between the Government of Kiribati, the Government of Australia (DFAT), the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD), Live & Learn (L&L), The Pacific Community (SPC), Change for Getting Things Started (C4GTS) and the Hawaii Farm to School Network (HF2SN) the inaugural Pacific Atoll Food Summit (PAFS) took place from 13 to 16 October in Tarawa, Kiribati.
A new global report, “Feeding the World in a Changing Climate”, has revealed that US$443 billion a year is needed to help small-scale family farmers adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The analysis, conducted by Climate Focus for Family Farmers for Climate Action (FFCA), underscores that current finance flows to smallholders amount to just 0.36% of what is required.