South Pacific Agriculture

ADB pub. Survey of the rural economies, agriculture and rural development of South Pacific - reviews environment, demographic aspects and dietary conditions, economic structures, social structures, political systems, farming systems, agricultural development, transport, etc.; looks at food crops, plantation cash crops, livestock, forestry and fishery; discusses development policy options for Kiribati, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, regional development and development aid.

This book is grounded in the ideology that an alignment between the conceptual and practical understandings of gender equality is a critical component of sustainable development. It draws on six rural case studies to examine the various ways in which gender has been integrated in agricultural research for development projects.