Problems and research perspectives on the agricultural environment in the tropical and subtropical islands: Case study, Fiji
2006
Turagakura, A.(Fiji Embassy, Tokyo (Japan))
The Republic of Fiji Islands is a small island nation with a multiracial population of 826,000 located south of the Equator, known as the hub of the South Pacific. It is surrounded by a group of over twenty neighboring small island nations, and to its south are its biggest trading partners, Australia and New Zealand. It enjoys a tropical maritime oceanic climate with an average annual rainfall of 2500 mm, distributed mainly in the warmer months from December to March and the cooler and drier months within April to September, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 31 deg C. There are over 300 islands, of which 110 are inhabited. The two largest islands are Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The main staple foods for Fijians are root crops and seafood; for Indo-Fijians, rice and curry; and a mixture of meat, seafood, rice and root crops for other races, although the dietary patterns of all ethnic groups continually change according to consumer preferences. The people of Fiji are the most cosmopolitan of all Pacific island countries, and despite many obstacles to development they are stabilized by a broad-based constitutional government comprising a bicameral parliamentary system headed by the President and governed by the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers.
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