Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems

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Building Resilience

The lessons learned from the U.S. and Ireland for building resilience show that R&D and human

capital development are critical nodes of building resilience of food systems in the long term.

The OIC experience has, with some variation, sought to establish a human capital pool of

farmers. However, particularly in the cases of Indonesia and Niger, it has beenmore effective in

achieving baseline stability. Accordingly, both countries have focused their resilience on higher

priority areas of boosting self-sufficiency in production and removing barriers to trade.

The level of maturity of the food system in each OIC countries, as reflected by the segmentation

into four distinct groups, determine the priorities for building resilience . OIC-B1 and B2grouped

countries need to establish immediate stability, while more developed countries can prioritize

R&D efforts and human capital development.

Mechanisms must be in place at an OIC-level to support the varied needs of each segment, and

to work effectively with multi-lateral organizations that already support the most vulnerable

members of the OIC.

Table 69: Government Entities Responsible for Food Security