Abstract
This article highlights the challenges of community sustainability in the emerging market economy of Solomon Islands. It examines the ways in which Solomon Islanders from Savo Island engage with the Honiara Central Market (HCM), the largest fresh food and vegetable market in Solomon Islands. We focus on the produce sold and income earned by the farmers from Savo Island. Data from five focus groups from three villages on Savo Island reveals the critical importance of cash income from market sales at the HCM. The article also demonstrates the mix of logistical and environmental challenges for long-term community sustainability on Savo Island that arise when trying to earn money by selling food.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 67-86 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Portal: journal of multidisciplinary international studies |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
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© 2017 by the author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.Keywords
- Honiara (Solomon Islands)
- community life
- food security
- food supply
- sustainable living
