COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2018
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In 2016, the share of OIC member countries in the world fruit production amounted to 18.7
percent, slightly decreasing from19.1 percent in 2000. On the contrary, the share of OIC member
countries in the world total production of vegetables increased from 14.5 percent in 2000 to
14.1 percent in 2016.
Figure 12 illustrates the developments in meat production in the OIC member countries and its
share in the world. In 2016, 9.87 million tons of beef and buffalo meat was produced in the OIC
as compared to 5.7 million tons in 2000. This noteworthy increase in beef and buffalo meat
production was mainly due to supply-side factors, such as cheap inputs, technological change
and scale efficiency gains in the last decade. 4 The significant increase in beef and buffalo meat
production also lead to an increase in the share of OIC member countries in the world’s
production, from 9.7 percent in 2000 to 14.3 percent in 2016.
Figure 12. Meat Productions in the OIC and Shares in the World
Source: FAOSTAT
Similarly, a dramatic surge is observed in the poultry meat production during the same period.
While it was 6.5 million tons in the beginning of the century, it almost doubled and reached 14.5
million tons in 2016. However, the increase in the share of OIC poultry meat production in the
world was modest, due to high rate of growth in poultry sector across the globe. The
contribution of OIC member countries’ meat poultry production to the world’s poultry meat
production slightly ascended to 12.3 percent in 2016, from 9.4 in 2000. Finally, sheep and goat
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