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Assessing Food Security in the OIC

5.1.

Case Study Takeaways

These in-depth case studies provide valuable data for the collective OIC region across five core

parameters: 1) the government's apparatus and emphasis on food security; 2) government

monitoring; 3) adaptation; 4) mitigation activities; and 5) resilience building. While OIC

countries cannot be expected to fully emulate developed countries in a short space of time,

approaches can be tailored to each of the four distinct groups identified earlier in the report.

Government Apparatus and Emphasis on Food Security

In more advanced countries, the Department of Agriculture had full responsibility for food

security, with a separate entity almost always overseeing food safety.

Dedicated agencies have played a more significant role in OIC countries, however. In Indonesia,

a separate entity was housed under the Ministry of Agriculture , with a distinct focus on

addressing each of the pillars of food security. In Nigeria, a dedicated agency had the important

task of coordinating food aid and ensuring access to water.

While in non-OIC benchmarks, food production and availability were ensured primarily by

private sector companies, the ownership of food companies was observed in OIC countries. PT

Bulog—which imports and guarantees the availability of rice in Indonesia—was notable, as

were meat and vegetable companies owned by the Oman Food Investment Company.

Table 65: Government Entities Responsible for Food Security