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 The project titled “Developing Agricultural Market Information System for Horticulture
Farmers” is being implemented by Indonesia with six partner countries namely,
Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan. The purpose of the
project is facilitating the marketing of agricultural products, especially horticulture, in
the OIC member countries through capacity building activities on marketing
management information systems.
 Turkey is implementing the project titled “Improving Agricultural Irrigation Extension
Services” with the participation of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The project aims at
improving knowledge and experience of technical staff who are employed in
agricultural irrigation extension and training services.
There are also ongoing activities in the field of agriculture under the auspices of the COMCEC.
Till now, seven Ministerial Meetings on Agriculture have been held. The 7th OIC Ministerial
Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development was held on 26-28 April 2016 in
Astana, Kazakhstan. The 8th OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural
Development will be held in the last quarter of 2019 in İstanbul. Furthermore, SESRIC organizes
training courses on different agricultural and food security aspects in the Member States within
the framework of the “OIC Agriculture Capacity Building Programme (OIC-AgriCaB).”