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SGI Food & Agriculture Strategy Background

The SGI Food and Agriculture Strategy is the culmination of over a year of community meetings, SGI Food and Agriculture Steering Committee meetings, and the background document research. The Strategy includes SGI-wide recommendations as well as those which would resonate within the participating island communities. Each community had workshops on creating locally derived recommendations felt important to their agricultural future. A key finding was that many of these specific recommendations were common among all the communities. The final strategy recommendations reflect these commonalities. The strategy also includes an implementation plan or next steps which identify actions to be considered to continue the implementation of the Strategy’s key recommendations. This will include action recommendations with corresponding funding requirements and sources, responsibilities, priorities and timing.

 

​Key Components

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  • Agricultural Land Use Inventories for the five SGI islands plus identified smaller islands within the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area.

  • Agricultural Water Demand Models for the five SGI islands and identified smaller islands.

  • A food and agriculture Strategy for the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area with particular attention to the largest most populated islands.​

The Food and Agriculture Strategy includes a foundational Situation Analysis for the SGIEA that would include historical background on agriculture in the region, biophysical characteristics, an agricultural profile of each island among other factors. This component provides a basis for the food and agriculture strategy. This analysis has been completed and is available here.

 

The other key foundational document, the Market Opportunities Assessment, was completed in early October 2016. The assessment helps to identify opportunities for the local food and farming businesses in the Southern Gulf Islands region to thrive and contribute to a resilient local economy. The assessment is available here.

The final SGI Food and Agriculture Strategy (2017) is available here.

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