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Promoting Agricultural Value Chains

In the OIC Member Countries

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Pursue regional integration

The diversity of countries within the OIC – with vast differences in agricultural production,

natural endowments, farming systems, labour availability and climatic conditions – provides

major opportunities for increased intra-OIC trade in agricultural products. Currently, trade in

agri-food products among OIC countries constitutes a mere 3.2 percent of the total trade

activities of OIC Member Countries. There is thus significant potential to increase agriculture-

based trade among OIC countries, which could be stimulated by means of free trade

agreements and a general policy shift away from export and import restrictions.