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
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recording, or by any physical or electronic reproduction system, or translated and provided to
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permission of the COMCEC Coordination Office.