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Preface

COMCEC Strategy adopted during the 4th Extraordinary Islamic Summit held in Makkah Al-

Mukarramah on 14-15 August 2012, envisages Working Group Meetings as one of the

instruments for its implementation. Through the Working Groups, experts from the member

countries get the chance of elaborating the issues thoroughly in the respective cooperation

areas and sharing their good practices, views and experiences. The Working Groups are

established for each cooperation area defined by the Strategy, namely Trade, Transport and

Communication, Tourism, Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation, and Finance.

The COMCEC Outlooks are prepared in each cooperation area of the Strategy with a view to

exploring the global trends and current situation in the COMCEC in the respective areas and to

enrich discussions during the Working Groups Meetings by providing up-to-date data and

analysis.

This COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2017 is prepared by Mr. Mehmet TARAKCIOĞLU, Expert for

the Agriculture Working Group at the COMCEC Coordination Office with the objective of

providing general information on the status of the agricultural sector in the Member States. It

aims to be a frequently referred handbook for decision makers and other users; to identify the

relationships between agriculture sector and other sectors; to be a source for monitoring and

evaluation of current agricultural policies and to assist in formulation of better policies in the

Member Countries by combining various data and statistics published or compiled by different

institutions. This document also dwells on the major issues with regards to agricultural sector

development and provides comparisons for different country groupings to expose the situation

in the Member States and thus the cooperation potential.

Views and opinions expressed in the report are solely those of the authors and do not

represent the official views of the COMCEC Coordination Office or the Member States of the

Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Excerpts from the report can be made as long as proper

references are given. All intellectual and industrial property rights for the report belong to the

COMCEC Coordination Office. This report is for individual use and not be used for commercial

purposes. Except for purposes of individual use, this report shall not be reproduced in any

form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, CD

recording, or by any physical or electronic reproduction system, or translated and provided to

the access of any subscriber through electronic means for commercial purposes without the

permission of the COMCEC Coordination Office.