Solomon Islands

Project overview

The project supports the transformation of Solomon Islands’ food systems by promoting a sustainable, resilient and inclusive model that integrates cash crops with traditional farming and landscape management systems. It addresses key weaknesses in the food system, including insufficient domestic production of food crops, livestock, and animal feed, and heavy reliance on climate-sensitive cash crops with volatile global prices.

Agriculture plays a central role in rural livelihoods, with most households relying on a mix of subsistence farming, cash crops, livestock and natural resources. However, food insecurity remains widespread, and increasing population growth, urbanization and changing consumption patterns are placing additional pressure on domestic food systems and increasing reliance on imported food, often with lower nutritional value.

At the same time, expanding agricultural production to meet demand risks increases pressure on natural resources, including land degradation, forest loss and biodiversity decline. Unsustainable practices, ecosystem encroachment, and climate change further threaten food security, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability.

In response, the project promotes an integrated approach to food system transformation, strengthening sustainable production, restoring ecosystems and enhancing resilience while delivering environmental and community benefits, including reduced land degradation, improved biodiversity and increased carbon stocks.

Our approach

The project adopts a systems-based approach to transform food systems by strengthening governance, finance, production systems and knowledge. It supports the integration of sustainability and resilience into policy and planning frameworks through improved coordination, participatory processes and evidence-based decision-making.

It enhances access to finance by developing pathways and mechanisms to support sustainable and resilient production and value chains, with attention to inclusive and gender-responsive approaches.

At the landscape level, the project promotes sustainable cocoa and livestock development through integrated planning, community-based resource management and investments in resilient farming systems and value chains, generating environmental and livelihood benefits.

Knowledge generation, innovation and coordination are central, strengthening links between policy, research and practice, and supporting learning, scaling and engagement with global FSIP platforms.

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