Improving Institutional Capacity:
Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries
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2. Does the government have a body with the specific mandate to work with farmer
organizations?
Group Country Y/N Source Comments
Arab Countries (cont’d)
Qatar 
This is the Agricultural Development Department in the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture
Saudi Arabia 
This is done directly through Saudi Arabia's ministry of labor.
In other words, there is no special body that only focuses on
farmer organizations in the country. However, one of the main
mission of the ministry of labors in Saudi Arabia is to promote
the activities of local farmer through the co-operative model.
Sudan N/A N/A Data not available
Syria
The Ministry of Agriculture oversees the work of co-operatives
directly.
Somalia 
National Technical Committee of Somali Farmer Cooperatives
and Traders, the result of a collaboration between the Somali
Federal Government in Mogadishu and FAO.
Tunisia 
The Producer's Organization for Agriculture Production, a
government body under the Ministry of Agriculture. 1984
United Arab
Emirates 
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is directly in charge
of empowering FOs. This is done through the local
departments of agriculture in each of the emirates.
Yemen 
This is the Local Counsel for Cooperatives that was established
in the 80s and continued to operate after the reunification.
Although this is a semi-public institution, it has lost the trust of
many farmers that were members, due to heavy government
intervention in its operations.
Asian Countries
Afghanistan 
The Department of Agricultural Cooperative Development
(DACD)
Bangladesh 
Department of
Agricultural
Extension
Bangladesh
The Department of Agricultural Extension
Guyana 
The Agricultural Sector Development Unit (ASDU) is
responsible for agricultural extension to smallholder farmers
and the provision of support services to farmers in general.
There is another agency called the Agricultural Development
Authority which is an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture
that is semi-autonomous. It is aimed at promoting, facilitating
and enhancing sustainable agricultural development in the
region through the efficient management of the land resource.
Indonesia 
Personal
communication
during field research,
October 2014
N/A