Table 2.

Summary of study sites, reproduced from [21]

	Village A	Village B
Island	Efate	Espiritu Santo
Village type	Peri-urban	Remote
Population	5211 people 965 households	136 people 37 households
Closest city	Port Vila, capital city	Luganville
Access to city	Port Vila centre: 20–30 min’ drive Regular local buses Cost: USD1.30 each way	Luganville: 3–4 h truck ride on unpaved roads; and 2–4 h boat trip Private chartered transport Cost: approximately USD165.00 each way
Electricity access	Municipal electricity	No electricity supply Small solar lights One solar inverter
Water supply	Municipal water supply	Gravity-fed from river
Main source of household income	Wages/salary	Sale of fish/crops/handicrafts
Main cooking method	Gas stove Open fire inside an outdoor kitchen/near the house	Open fire inside a hut (kitchen)/outside near the house
Food storage	Very few refrigerators – can rent space in a refrigerator/freezer Dry storage – no preservation	Traditional storage e.g. yam beds Harvest as needed