Mauritius and Seychelles: neighbours leading the way in the Indian ocean
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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ECA is providing a platform to African SIDS to discuss the unique opportunities they have at the 3rd International Conference on African Small Island Developing States in Samoa 1st-4th of September. Mauritius and the Seychelles are two development success stories among the African SIDS. Situated in the Indian Ocean, both countries are vulnerable to a range of climate change impacts, including sea level rise, flooding and drought. A key issue for the SIDS is a lack of arable land. While 38.4 percent of Mauritius's territory is arable land, only 2.2 percent of the territory of the Seychelles is fit for agricultural production. As a consequence Mauritius imports 75 percent of its food supply while the Seychelles imports 70 percent of the food needed to meet the nutritional needs of its population. The Government of Mauritius has developed a strategy to increase the amount of food grown locally and encourage Mauritians to eat locally grown food. The warmth of the people of Samoa will serve as a rich testament that developing SIDS in the face of climate change impacts and will enable leaders from SIDS to build lasting partnership in the interest of sustainable development.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2014-09). Mauritius and Seychelles: neighbours leading the way in the Indian ocean. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32319”Collections
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