Towards ‘retroliberalism’ or food security?: Donor development aid to the agricultural sectors of four Melanesian states, 2008-2021

Charles Hawksley (), Jonas Brouillon, Nichole Georgeou, Severine Blaise (), Nidhi Wali and Severine Bouard ()
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Charles Hawksley: University of Wollongong [Australia]
Jonas Brouillon: IAC - Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien
Nichole Georgeou: Western Sydney University
Severine Blaise: LARJE - Laboratoire de Recherches Juridique et Economique - UNC - Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Nidhi Wali: Western Sydney University
Severine Bouard: IAC - Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien

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Abstract: BackgroundDevelopment aid to Pacific Islands states tends to take the form of grants to provide services in health, education and transport, however Melanesian states are largely rural, and it may be time to consider stronger support for the agricultural sector as a mode of development to provide for future food security, decreased reliance on imports, and improved nutrition in an era of climate change adaptation. MethodsTo understand the place of family farming in the donor development strategies of four Melanesian states we first assess the place of foreign aid in total development finance to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji between 2008-2021. Using data from the Lowy Institute a detailed study of aid flows highlights the respective place of official development assistance (ODA), other financial flows, private flows and remittances in the financial flows for each recipient state. We then focus on donor aid flows and their sectoral breakdown concentrating on the 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' (AFF) sector, and within AFF on the sub-sectors of donor intervention.

Keywords: Writing -Review & Editing; Agriculture Melanesia Aid Food Security Nutrition Conceptualization Formal Analysis Methodology Validation Writing -Original Draft Preparation Writing -Review Conceptualization Data Curation Investigation Resources Software Validation Visualization Writing -Review & Editing; Georgeou N: Conceptualization Formal Analysis Investigation Methodology Writing -Original Draft Preparation Writing -Review Curation Investigation Validation Writing -Review Conceptualization Data Curation Funding Acquisition Methodology Project Administration Resources; Agriculture; Melanesia; Aid; Project Administration; Funding Acquisition; Writing -Review Curation; Georgeou N: Conceptualization; Food Security; Visualization; Software; Resources; Investigation; Data Curation; Writing -Review Conceptualization; Writing -Original Draft Preparation; Validation; Methodology; Formal Analysis; Nutrition Conceptualization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-01-29
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Published in Open Research Europe, 2025, 4, ⟨10.12688/openreseurope.17716.1⟩

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