Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems
In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises
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Figure 2: Segmentation of OIC Countries
Source: UNFAO, DinarStandard estimates and synthesis
Note: Highlighted countries represent Low Income FoodDeficit countries; eachquadrant is ordered from lowest to highest
according to theproportion of population experiencingmalnutrition. The specific segmentation usedto determinethe criteria is
shown in the table below.
Table 1: Criteria for segmentation
Groups Criteria
Group A (A1
and A2)
Countries that have robust agricultural capacity, scoringmore than 0.18 on the productionindex
prepared for this study18
Group B (B1
and B2)
Countries that have scored below 0.18on the production index
Group 1 (A1 and
B1)
Countries that are (a) not low-incomefooddeficitcountries and(b) that meetone of the following
additional criteria: (i) Malnutrition falls belowof 7.7%of the adultpopulationor (ii) either GDP per
capita exceeds $4,000, or there is a positive trade balance onfoodproducts
Group 2 (A2 and
B2)
Countries that meet either of the following criteria: (a) They are classifiedas low-income food deficit
countries or (b) They have malnutrition that falls above 7.7%of the population; or (c) their GDP per
capital falls below $4,000 per annum
Source: DinarStandard Analysis
18 Index is based on how OIC countries compare on Total renewablewater resourcesper capita (m3/inhab/year), Arable
land (000 hectares), and% share of employment in the agriculture sector. For each metric, OICmember countrieswere
given relative scores ranging from zero to one. Relative scores for each metric were added together to determine the total
index score for food production per country.