Fiji Home Gardening Programme (Ministry of Agriculture)
Suva and other urban areas, Fiji · Operator: フィジー農業省（Ministry of Agriculture）。栄養面の手引きは国立食料栄養センター（NFNC）が作成
Overview
A national home-gardening programme launched by Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture in March 2020 as part of its COVID-19 response. With lockdowns in Suva and Lautoka making food harder to obtain, the ministry distributed seed packs of short-cycle crops to households in urban and peri-urban areas, starting on 30 March 2020. A scheme buying seed from local farmers and redistributing it to city residents was also set up, so that emergency support fed into something households could keep growing rather than ending as one-off food relief. A booklet with the National Food and Nutrition Centre, 'Grow your own Food', covers both cultivation and nutrition.
Citizen participation
Ministry of Agriculture extension officers distributed seed packs of short-cycle crops to households in urban and peri-urban areas. Each pack combines several varieties so that growing is possible in a yard or a small patch of spare ground. A booklet, 'Grow your own Food', produced with the National Food and Nutrition Centre, teaches growing methods alongside healthy eating.
Operating model
Launched by the Ministry of Agriculture in March 2020 as part of its Agriculture Response Package for COVID-19. Seed is procured by government and given out free. A buy-back scheme was also set up, purchasing seed from local farmers and redistributing it to people in urban areas.
Impact
A Pacific island response to the fragility exposed when import dependence met city lockdowns, answered through home gardening. Choosing seed distribution over emergency food handouts — and building in purchase from domestic growers — kept the money circulating inside the country. A useful reference for designing urban home gardening as standing capacity for disaster and crisis response.
Land tenure
Households grow on their own yards or nearby spare ground.
Crops
- 生育期間の短い葉菜
- 野菜
Scale
スバ・ラウトカなど都市部と近郊の世帯を対象に、生育期間の短い作物の種子パックを各戸へ配布した
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