5-Year and 20-Year National Development Plan Goal, Policies and Strategies Goal: Every Fijian has access to adequate food of acceptable quality and nutritional value. POLICIES STRATEGIES Develop a national food and nutrition security policy or framework. yyCreate an enabling environment for agriculture nutrition nexus. yyConduct periodic joint agriculture and fisheries census surveys. yyStrengthen statistics and information through the development of a Domestic Food Production Database (agriculture and fisheries) as well as through the existing Food Balance Sheet and National Nutrition Survey. yySupport the formulation of sub-sector plans for agriculture, fisheries, biosecurity, health (nutrition) and education. yyStrengthen the national commitment from across all sectors, industries and communities to collectively discuss the food security status in Fiji. yySupport evidence based policy and planning. yyExplore opportunities for introduction of crop insurance. yyPromote sustainable and resilient food systems. yyPromote nutrition-sensitive value chains to improve accessibility of nutritious food products. yyImprove multi-sector co-ordination of food and nutrition security policy. yyMainstream nutrition into national sectoral policies and action plans. Raise more awareness on the importance of food and nutrition security. yyStrengthen existing and pursue new awareness programmes on local media to maximize outreach. yyStrengthen partnerships & shared responsibilities for increased food and nutrition security. yyEncourage the involvement of corporate and civil society entities to be part of the initiative to feed Fiji locally. yyIncrease interaction and involvement of primary, secondary and tertiary schools to encourage the younger generation to be more food secure conscious. Encourage the better implementation of food and nutrition security priorities in agriculture and fisheries and other sectors.10 yyStrengthen research and development and cooperation with regional and international research efforts in agricultural and fisheries and climate change implications and development of climate-resilient staple food crops. yyAdoption of better soil management techniques to address increased soil salination and erosion. yyImprove efficiency at farm level that ultimately contributes to low commodity pricing in the market. yyImprove crop breeding infrastructure and seed storage facilities. yySpecific domestic Food and nutrition security programmes for key primary food industries for agriculture, fisheries and health (nutrition). yyEstablish an efficient system for collecting and disseminating market information through mobile networks. yyImprove market arrangements for primary agriculture and fisheries produce. yyPromote the revitalisation and enhancement of traditional farming skills and knowledge. 10. Specific activities are outlined in the Food Security Chapter in the Green Growth Framework 2014. These actions are incorporated in this plan. 32