Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems
In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises
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There have been several areas of cooperation to boost food system stability across the OIC.
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)’s aggregate and cumulative agricultural project financing
portfolio totaled $9.4 billion for 866 projects from inception to the end of 2017 ,19 with $409
million spent on food-related projects in 2017 alone.20 Important steps toward trade
liberalization and food security were undertaken with the establishment of the COMCEC
Business Intelligence Center and the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS).
This report undertook an important survey of 150 respondents representing food industry
participants and ecosystem stakeholders across the OIC, withmonitoring, human capital, trade
and surveillance among top policy priorities identified for OIC governments.
Figure 3: Survey Findings - Food Security Policies Importance/Performance Matrix
Building on essential findings from the surveys, as well as case studies and a careful gap
assessment of the OIC food system, this report recommends five fundamental policy actions
taken across the three core areas of building sustainable food systems that can be implemented
over a five-year timeframe.
19 Comcec. (2018).Report of the OIC General Secretariat to the 34th Session of COMCEC. Retrieved from
20 IDB. (2014)Development effectiveness report.Retrieved fro
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