Caroline Ferguson

All Publications

• Indigenous food sovereignty is constrained by "time imperialism" GEOFORUM Ferguson, C. E., Green, K., Swanson, S. 2022; 133: 20-31

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.05.003

  View details for Web of Science ID 001127390300003

• Local practices and production confer resilience to rural Pacific food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marine policy Ferguson, C. E., Tuxson, T., Mangubhai, S., Jupiter, S., Govan, H., Bonito, V., Alefaio, S., Anjiga, M., Booth, J., Boslogo, T., Boso, D., Brenier, A., Caginitoba, A., Ciriyawa, A., Fahai'ono, J. B., Fox, M., George, A., Eriksson, H., Hughes, A., Joseph, E., Kadannged, S., Kubunavanua, E., Loni, S., Meo, S., Micheli, F., Nagombi, E., Omaro, R., Ride, A., Sapul, A., Singeo, A., Stone, K., Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, M., Tuivuna, M., Vieux, C., Vitukawalu, V. B., Waide, M. 1800; 137: 104954

  Abstract

  Resilience of food systems is key to ensuring food security through crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented shock that reveals varying levels of resilience of increasingly interconnected food systems across the globe. We contribute to the ongoing debate about whether increased connectivity reduces or enhances resilience in the context of rural Pacific food systems, while examining how communities have adapted to the global shocks associated with the pandemic to ensure food security. We conducted 609 interviews across 199 coastal villages from May to October 2020 in Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu to understand community-level impacts and adaptations during the first 5-10 months of the COVID-19 crisis. We found that local food production practices and food sharing conferred resilience, and that imported foods could aid or inhibit resilience. Communities in countries more reliant on imports were almost twice as likely to report food insecurity compared to those least reliant. However, in places dealing with a concurrent cyclone, local food systems were impaired, and imported foods proved critical. Our findings suggest that policy in the Pacific should bolster sustainable local food production and practices. Pacific states should avoid becoming overly reliant on food imports, while having measures in place to support food security after disasters, supplementing locally produced and preserved foods with imported foods when necessary. Developing policies that promote resilient food systems can help prepare communities for future shocks, including those anticipated with climate change.

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104954

  View details for PubMedID 35035031

• Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems (vol 2, pg 733, 2021) NATURE FOOD Short, R. E., Gelcich, S., Little, D. C., Micheli, F., Allison, E. H., Basurto, X., Belton, B., Brugere, C., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Crona, B., Cohen, P. J., Defeo, O., Edwards, P., Ferguson, C. E., Franz, N., Golden, C. D., Halpern, B. S., Hazen, L., Hicks, C., Johnson, D., Kaminski, A. M., Mangubhai, S., Naylor, R. L., Reantaso, M., Sumaila, U., Thilsted, S. H., Tigchelaar, M., Wabnitz, C. C., Zhang, W. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s43016-021-00396-5

  View details for Web of Science ID 000703356800001

• Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems NATURE FOOD Short, R. E., Gelcich, S., Little, D. C., Micheli, F., Allison, E. H., Basurto, X., Belton, B., Brugere, C., Bush, S. R., Cao, L., Crona, B., Cohen, P. J., Defeo, O., Edwards, P., Ferguson, C. E., Franz, N., Golden, C. D., Halpern, B. S., Hazen, L., Hicks, C., Johnson, D., Kaminski, A. M., Mangubhai, S., Naylor, R. L., Reantaso, M., Sumaila, U., Thilsted, S. H., Tigchelaar, M., Wabnitz, C. C., Zhang, W. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0

  View details for Web of Science ID 000696165000003

• A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats: Intersectional Analysis Reveals Inequitable Impacts of the Seafood Trade in Fishing Communities FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE Ferguson, C. E. 2021; 8

  View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2021.625389

  View details for Web of Science ID 000639894900001

• Colonial dynamics limit climate adaptation in Oceania: Perspectives from the Marshall Islands GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS Bordner, A. S., Ferguson, C. E., Ortolano, L. 2020; 61

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102054

  View details for Web of Science ID 000527300300014