Improving Institutional Capacity:

Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries

Figure 6: Estimated number of farmer organizations / co-operatives per 10,000 people in

the agricultural labor force

Again, a very wide range in the number of co-operatives can be noted, with a median value of

2.8 organizations per 10,000 farm labor force. When this is compared to the first figure, it

becomes clear that countries with >20% of farmers in farmer organizations (relatively

strong

environments

) have a median and mean value of

10-11 FOs per 10,000 farm labor force

whereas countries with <10% of farmers in FOs (

less strong environments)

have a median

and mean of

only 1 FO per 10,000

. Based on this finding, the study then combines data from

the 19 countries in

Figure 4

with the 10 new countries in

Figure 6 t

o present an aggregate

picture of FO strength across the OIC and within the different regions:

Table 2: Strength of FO movements in OIC member countries

Group

Very strong FO

movement

(>50% farmers

in FOs or >20

FOs per 10,000

farm labor force

Strong FO

movement

(20-50% in FOs

or 5-20 FOs per

10,000 farm

labor force

Less strong FO

movement

(<20% in FOs or

<5 FOs per 10,000

farm labor force

No data:

Significant

need for

better

information

African Group

24%

18%

53%

Arab Group

27%

36%

Asian Group

17%

33%

42%

Total

16%

25%

43%

Data are drawn from a variety of in-country sources - most commonly the national Ministry of Agriculture or leading

universities - and international publications – most commonly the ILO’s Country Reports, the Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO), AgriTerra, and the World Bank - and reflect the most recent available information, generally from the

past 10 years. . However, some data points are older and thus estimates of FOs per 10,000 people may be biased downwards

due to population growth. Full notes and calculations by country, and the sources used for the statistics, are given i

n Figure 16

throug

h Figure 18 i

n Annex 1.2

These statistics are calculated based on the sample of countries covered by the research (51 out of 57 OIC countries). Full

categorization by country, and the sources used for the statistics, are given i

n Figure 16

throug

h Figure 18

in Annex 1.2