SWoCK Project Backyard Organic farming in the Langalanga Lagoon

The people in Langalanga lagoon are known as ‘salt water people’. They live in artificial islands and low laying coastal communities. With most of their land being less than a meter above sea level, the effects of climate change have already caused a significant reduction of their arable land due to the rise  of the sea level. 

 

The impacts of climate change, together with socioeconomic issues - such as lack of ownership to good agricultural land, lack of sufficient time for gardening, increase in population, lack of knowledge for improved farming practices, and unsustainable harvesting of marine resources - threaten to severely affect the food security of these artificial islands. For some of its inhabitants, food security has already become a "survival of the fittest" issue. 

 

This video shows how the UNDP SWoCK project has been working with people in Langalanga lagoon on ‘Backyard Organic Farming’ to adapt to increase food security and enhance their resilience towards the impacts of climate change.

 

About SWoCK 

The SWoCK project is implemented by the Solomon Islands ' Ministry of Environment Climate Change Disaster Management and Meteorology and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The project is assisted by funding support from Adaptation Fund through UNDP. For more information please visit www.swock.com.sb