Food Security, Women Smallholders and Climate Change in Caribbean SIDS

Abstract

Two waves of change—long-term climate change and immediate-term economic crises—are bringing the issue of food security into sharper relief—particularly in those Caribbean countries where food security is already volatile and faces a series of risks and challenges. Climate change adds urgency and the need for renewed focus and prioritisation as well as ensuring that adaptation is wholly integrated into natural resource management, land use policies and, especially, into broader long-term macro-economic frameworks. (…)