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97. The Committee welcomed the offer of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
host and ICDT to organise a workshop on “Dates Palm and Oasis Economy” on
26 -27 November 2017 in Madinah Al Munawarah, in collaboration with
SESRIC, ISESCO and Al Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on the
side lines of the International Exhibition of light Industries and Handicrafts, in
the framework of commemorating Madinah Al Munawarah as OIC City of
Tourism 2017.
Agenda Item 8: Increasing Productivity of Agriculture Sector and
Sustaining Food Security
98. Taking note with appreciation of the convening of the 9th Meeting of the
Agriculture Working Group on March 3rd, 2017 in Ankara with the theme of
“Reducing Food Waste in the OIC Member Countries”, the Committee
welcomed its following policy recommendations;
 Developing a specific legislative framework and road map for
reducing food waste in a holistic context including supply chain
 Promotion of food banks and food distribution networks
 Conducting cohesive initiatives and campaigns to increase awareness
on food waste in supply chain and consumption
(The Policy recommendations document, including their rationale, is
attached as Annex X.)
99. The Committee called upon the Member States which have registered to
the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group to actively participate in the 10th
Meeting of the COMCEC Agriculture Working Group to be held on September
28th, 2017 with the theme of “Improving Agricultural Market Performance:
Creation and Development of Market Institutions.” The Committee also called
upon the Member States, who have not done so yet, to register to the
COMCEC Agriculture Working Group.
100. The Committee commended the efforts of Iran, Palestine and Turkey for
the successful implementation of the following projects respectively under the
third project call within the framework of the COMCEC Project Funding:
 The Project titled “Rural household empowerment on management of
production, supply and market access”; which was implemented by Iran
in partnership with Azerbaijan and Turkey,
 The Project titled “Improving small ruminates productivity by using
different technologies as silage, feed block and hydroponic” which was
implemented by Palestine in partnership with Jordan and Tunisia,