By Bradford Theonomi for Island Sun, Honiara
SALT RESISTANT food crops will be put on trial for the first time as a step towards adapting to climate change impacts for people living in our low lying islands.
This will be made possible under the current adaptation to climate change project that is currently in process on its first phase at Ontong Java.
Pacific Adaption to Climate Change (PACC) Project National Coordinator Casper Supa told Island Sun in an 
exclusive interview that the initial idea was to find a new farming system that is suitable for the low lying islands within the country.
Food crops will have to be salt resistant, so they survive the changing infertility of the available soil.
"Currently the idea is working with the relevant Ministries responsible in finding possible means and avenue to identify and test hybrid food crops" said Supa.
He added, if the outcome is positive it will then be implemented on a medium term, while the government deliberate on further strategies.
This will have a profound impact on the availability of balanced diet, especially to those who depend very much on marine resources for food.
At the moment, people on the Islands of Ontong Java depend heavily on goods brought in from Honiara, and a current major need they put forth is to have regular shipping services to the Islands.
This will enable people to have necessary supplies and essential services on a frequent basis that is beneficial to the survival of people from the threatening impacts of natural disaster such as sea level rise.