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 Suriname conducted the project titled “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for
Greenhouse Vegetable Crops; Principles for Tropical Climate Areas” with Turkey and
Guyana. The main purpose of the project was to increase the quality and effectiveness
of public services to support and train farmers by taking tropical climatic conditions
into account.
 Turkey implemented a project titled “The Establishment of Database, Network
Connection and Web Pages of Smallholders/family Farmer’s Agricultural Cooperatives
between COMCEC Member States” with the participation of 19 Member Countries. The
project aimed at identifying the system requirements for a trade information system to
be established among Member Countries along with a roadmap for the establishment
of information infrastructure for improving trade of agricultural products.
Furthermore, under the third Project Call made in September 2015, the following 3 projects
proposed by Iran, Palestine and Turkey are being implemented in 2016.
 Rural Household Empowerment on Management of Production, Supply and Market
Access (Proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran).
 Improving Small Ruminates Productivity by using different technologies as silage, feed
block and hydroponic in Palestine, Jordan and Tunisia. (Proposed by Palestine)
 Establishment of Database, Network Connection and Web Pages of Smallholders/
Family Farmer’s Agricultural Cooperatives between COMCEC Member States.
(Proposed by Turkey)
Lastly, under the Fourth Call made in September 2016, the following 2 projects proposed by
Gambia and Indonesia are being implemented in 2017.
 Reduction of Post Harvest Losses in Cereals for Improving Rural Livelihood (Proposed
by the Gambia)
 Improving Income of Small and Medium Scale Farmers in the OIC Member Countries
Through Reducing Losses of Livestock Production (Proposed by Indonesia)
There are also ongoing activities in the field of agriculture under the auspices of the COMCEC.
Till now, six Ministerial Meetings on Agriculture have been held. The 6th Ministerial Meeting
on Agriculture was held on 3-5 October 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, with the theme of “Food
Security: Agricultural Development and Access to Food and Nutrition in OIC Countries”. The
Meeting highlighted the importance of exchanging knowledge and experience and developing
technical cooperation, capacity building and training programs among the member countries.
Moreover, 1st Session of the Islamic Organization for Food Security General Assembly and 7th
Session of the OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development will
be held on 12-14 October 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Furthermore, the other activities which have been held in recent years in the field of
Agriculture under the COMCEC are as the following: