Increasing the Resilience of the Food Systems
In Islamic States in Face of Future Food Crises
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Lessons Learned
Area Lessons and examples for the OIC
to draw upon
Where experience differs from the
OIC
Government Policy and
Structure
Complementary national and
regional (EU) policies and
structures enhancing food
security.
It will bedifficult to set up an exact
replica of the EU for the OIC, but a
broader cooperation is needed
between member states,
supplementedby a national
apparatus
Monitoring Ireland has comprehensive
monitoring systems inplace
providing timely alerts to reduce
risks and enable proper response
to avert crises.
Establishing such processes are
imperativebut may be impeded in
particular inLeast DevelopedOIC
countries by a lack of financial
resources and limited technology
infrastructure
Supplementary supportwouldbe
required by pan-OIC bodies to fund
supplemental research and routine
data collection, as well as real-time
risk tracking
Mitigation Ireland has developed contingency
plans to deal with extreme
weather events in addition to a
national mitigation plan outlining
number of measures aiming to
reduce GHG emissions in the
agriculture sector and to increase
productive efficiency.
OIC countries may not be able to
achieve a similar level of
sophistication at the outset and may
require a longer timeframe to develop
maturity.
Adaptation Ireland has well-developed safety
nets inplaceproviding support to
support farmers and low-income
groups through a wide variety of
initiatives.
TheOIC member countries may have
financial constraints hindering the
setting up of highly robust safety nets,
thus collaboration and cross-OIC
support will be fundamental.
BuildingResilience R&D fundingby the government
and private sector, which largely
outpaces government expenditure,
have been critical for the success
of Ireland’s agricultural and food
security policies.
R&D funding is similarly critical to the
OICbut is impeded in particular in
LDC’s where there is a lack of
resources and less effective
government infrastructure
Tomitigate such limitations, apan-
OIC level initiative to fund technology
research and adoption is needed.
Cooperation TheEU’s CommonAgricultural
Policy (CAP) and its associated
support schemes and initiatives
have been instrumental in
supporting Irish agri-food sector
and in improving its sustainability.
TheEU’s infrastructure cannot be
replicated at the OIC level as
mentioned earlier, but there are
substantial areas of collaboration, in
particular, with moredevelopment
member states providing investment
capital to least developed countries.