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coordination of policies for a wide range of subsectors, including crop
production, livestock, water management, forests, wildlife, fisheries, and
environment. It is one of two coordinating bodies for the agriculture sector the
other being the Committee for Coordination of Agricultural Policies (CC-PSA).
o Pakistan’s Federal Committee on Agriculture was set up in 1972 under the
direction of the President and headed by President’s Special Assistant for
Agriculture. The committee initially included the Deputy Chairman of the
Planning Commission, Secretaries of the Ministries of Finance, Industry,
Commerce, Economic Affairs, and Food and Agriculture. The Committee was
subsequently placed under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Food
and Agriculture, but its membership includes federal and provincial Ministries
and departments, the Indus River System Authority, the Meteorological
Department, State Bank of Pakistan, ZTBL (formerly Agriculture Development
Bank), commercial banks and heads of the attached departments of the
Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Committee’s main purpose is to evaluate
the preceding season’s crops and, based on this evaluation, to set the targets
for the next season’s production, considering the availability of irrigation
water, agricultural credit, chemical fertilizers, improved and certified seed,
and plant protection measures.
 Ministries of Commerce and Industry – While present and effective to a greater or
lesser level across the Member Countries – these Ministries play a particularly
important role in the importation and in supporting the export of agri-foods. On
import, Customs and Commerce assess tariffs and also determine what foodstuff are
permitted into the country. On export, the Commerce Ministry often provides direct
foreign trade or promotional assistance as well as technical assistance.
3.2.2 Market Institutions
Appendix A includes an overview of market institutions and their main classification(s) per
OIC Member Country based on desk research (as opposed to the country case studies of
Indonesia, Tunisia, and Uganda). Some market institutions have overlapping classifications,
roles, mandates, and responsibilities, and, hence, the classification should be perceived as
hybrid.
While the appendix outlines the regulatory and some market institutions, it is worthwhile to
highlight some specific examples of how the hybridization of roles occurs. The list below
demonstrates a variety of such institutions:
 State-owned economic enterprises engaged with regional economic development
and agricultural intervention. Examples include:
o Cameroon - Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC)
o Senegal - River Delta Land Management and Development Company (SAED)
 State-owned economic enterprises, which function as credit or loan provider
specifically for the agricultural sector, include:
o Egypt - The Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit