The following activities are being supported under the USAID Climate Change and Food Security Project in Tonga:

Climate change adaptation project

The project aimed to evaluate and implement innovative techniques and management approaches to increasing the climate change resilience of terrestrial food production systems for communities in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. It did so by introducing integrated agricultural production systems after conducting climate resilience assessments of existing systems at selected sites. Activities were supported by improved land-system data and analysis tools such as vegetation and land use mapping and the application of GIS.

 

Further information can be found in the following:

• Tonga Vulnerability Analysis Report
• Climate change vulnerability assessment and ecosystem-based adaptation (Joint GIZ, SPREP & SPC Synthesis report)

Technical assistance with mainstreaming of climate change and improving adaptation strategies

The project aimed to build national capacity to utilise GIS tools and techniques to help identify key areas of food supply vulnerability, and monitor vegetation and land cover change over time.

Further information can be found in the following technical and meeting reports:

• Results of Land Cover Type Mapping and Coconut Resource Field Inventory Using World View-2 Image Data, Tonga
• Technical Exchange on building resilience to climate change and strengthening food security in PICTs: Meeting Summary Record
• Tonga Vulnerability Analysis Report
• Climate change vulnerability assessments for communities in six Pacific Island countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu
• Report Status of Activities and Results of USAID Funded Food Security Activities

Training and Capacity Building

Trainings and Capacity building activities were also provided to facilitate the development of national and community agriculture sector climate change adaptation response strategies in the recipient countries and other PICTs.

As part of the USAID Food Security project, the trainings below were delivered in Tonga:

• TONGA CBA TRAINING WORKSHOP: WORKSHOP REPORT
• Workshop Report on Training Workshop on Food Security, Climate and Extreme Events
• SPC/USAID Lessons Learnt Workshop Report

 

Follow the Building Resilience in Tongan Communities link to view the short documentary.