This report compares the Australian and U.S agricultural sectors, and briefly profiles U.S agricultural policy, to highlight Australia’s exposure to shifts in the global market resulting from the current trade war.

This review seeks to apply a food systems approach to analysing non-communicable diseases (NCD) policy developments in the Pacific region.

Food availability in Fiji is generally good, especially when compared to other Pacific islands. While this has led to lower food security concerns, Fiji suffers from a double burden of over- and under-nutrition.

PNG Prime Minister, James Marape, has a vision of turning PNG into the “food basket of Asia.” While PNG has developed palm oil, coffee, cocoa and copra export industries, this report argues that expanding into the production of other export commodities is likely to be difficult.

This plan describes how the New Zealand Government intends to grow innovative industries, as part of its new, sector-led approach to growing industry innovation and boosting productivity.