Estimating food availability and self-reliance in island territories: Puerto Rico as a case study
These findings highlight critical gaps in local food production and inform strategies to align availability with nutritional goals. This approach and its metrics can be instrumental for other island territories, offering an approach to monitoring self-reliance in non-independent contexts.
Authors
- Thomas Nemecek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8249-1170)
- Carol E. Ramos-Gerena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-3629)
- Nayla Bezares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4244-9829)
- Sean B. Cash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-3392)
- Nicole Tichenor Blackstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-3650)
- Chad Fisher
- William Suarez-Gomez
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- Lehman College (US)
- ELSA (FR)
- Institute for Sustainability (GB)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1622876
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00