FIVE YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017-2021 ANNUAL TARGET 31 TOTAL OUTPUT PROGRAMME 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 EXPECTED 2021-2022 LEAD AGENCIES Rural Housing Assistance (Units) 100 110 115 120 125 570 Full House 50 50 55 55 60 270 RHU Partial House 50 60 60 65 65 300 RHU Poverty Alleviation Projects (Housing) – (Units) 16 15 14 13 12 70 RHU HA: Housing Authority; HART: Housing Assistance and Relief Trust; PRB: Public Rental Board; RHU: Rural Housing Unit; DOH: Department of Housing Key Performance Indicators INDICATOR Increase home ownership (% of total households) (SDG 11.1) 3.1.4 2015 43 2021 50 FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY “Every Fijian has access to adequate food of acceptable quality and nutritional value” Access to adequate food is a Constitutional Right of every Fijian. Therefore, the development of domestic agriculture and fisheries to support access to an adequate supply of healthy and nutritious food is critical as a legal and political matter as well as for food and nutrition security. To better understand food and nutrition security, an overarching framework will be developed to objectively assess the status, including the current capacity of the domestic agriculture and fisheries sector to meet the national food demand. The development of such a framework will require collaboration among stakeholders to help build a credible food and nutrition security database, assess the national food and nutrition security status and support the formulation of strategies to improve the situation. Over the next 5 years, government will ensure increased domestic food production and supply of fisheries products. Challenges such as the destruction of food production due to natural disasters and other issues facing the agriculture and fisheries sector will be addressed. Specific policies to promote agriculture and fisheries production are described under the resource-based sector chapters. Large commercial agriculture and aquaculture projects will be supported to achieve economies of scale and competitive pricing. Cluster farming will be encouraged and incentivised together with the promotion of smallholder farms and back yard farming for subsistence level. Production efficiencies will be improved through mechanisation and the adoption of new technologies and better product varieties. More research and extension services will be provided by government to improve farm productivity and awareness of best farming practices. Organic farming practices will be employed. Government will encourage the consumption of locally produced fresh foods and ensure that it is conveniently accessible at fresh food markets, supermarkets and roadside stalls. Assistance will be provided to expand the supply of traditional foods such as Uvi, Tivoli, Via, Dalo, Cassava and Kumala given their suitability to the local climate. The consumption of fresh, home-grown food will be promoted through awareness programmes. Strategies to mitigate climate change related effects on food supply will also be promoted. While production and consumption of locally produced food will be encouraged, import of certain products will continue to help meet our food requirements.