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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
Under the 5th call made in September 2017, the following 2 projects proposed by Indonesia
and Turkey were implemented in 2018.
 The project titled “Developing Agricultural Market Information System for Horticulture
Farmers” was implemented by Indonesia with six partner countries namely, Malaysia,
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan. The purpose of the project was
facilitating the marketing of agricultural products, especially horticulture, in the OIC
member countries through capacity building activities on marketing management
information systems.
 Turkey implemented the project titled “Improving Agricultural Irrigation Extension
Services” with the participation of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The project aimed at
improving knowledge and experience of technical staff who are employed in agricultural
irrigation extension and training services.
Furthermore, under the 6th call made in September 2018, the following two projects selected
for funding are being implemented in agriculture cooperation area in 2019.
 The first project titled “Capacity Building on Warehousing and Storage Management” is
being implemented by Malaysia with the participation of Indonesia, Bangladesh and
Turkey. The project purpose is increasing technical knowledge of farmers and farmer
associations on warehousing and storage management.
 The second agriculture project titled “Reduction of Food Loss and Waste in the OIC
Countries” is being implemented by Turkey with the partnership of Indonesia, Palestine,
Morocco, Qatar and Tunisia. The project aims at strengthening human and institutional
capacity and raising awareness on reduction of food loss and waste with a holistic
approach.
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 2020 in İstanbul. Furthermore, SESRIC organizes
training courses on different agricultural and food security aspects in theMember Stateswithin
the framework of the “OIC Agriculture CapacityBuilding Programme (OIC-AgriCaB).”