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 Suriname conducted the project titled “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for
Greenhouse Vegetable Crops; Principles for Tropical Climate Areas” with Turkey and
Guyana. The main purpose of the project was to increase the quality and effectiveness
of public services to support and train farmers by taking tropical climatic conditions
into account.
 Turkey implemented a project titled “The Establishment of Database, Network
Connection and Web Pages of Smallholders/family Farmer’s Agricultural Cooperatives
between COMCEC Member States” with the participation of 19 Member Countries. The
project aimed at identifying the system requirements for a trade information system to
be established among Member Countries along with a roadmap for the establishment
of information infrastructure for improving trade of agricultural products.
Furthermore, under the third Project Call made in September 2015, the following 3 projects
proposed by Iran, Palestine and Turkey are being implemented in 2016.
 Rural Household Empowerment on Management of Production, Supply and Market
Access (Proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran).
 Improving Small Ruminates Productivity by using different technologies as silage, feed
block and hydroponic in Palestine, Jordan and Tunisia. (Proposed by Palestine)
 Establishment of Database, Network Connection and Web Pages of Smallholders/
Family Farmer’s Agricultural Cooperatives between COMCEC Member States.
(Proposed by Turkey)
There are also ongoing activities in the field of agriculture under the auspices of the
COMCEC. Till now, six Ministerial Meetings on Agriculture have been held. The 6th Ministerial
Meeting on Agriculture was held on 3-5 October 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, with the theme of
“Food Security: Agricultural Development and Access to Food and Nutrition in OIC Countries”.
The Meeting highlighted the importance of exchanging knowledge and experience and
developing technical cooperation, capacity building and training programs among the member
countries. Moreover, 1st Session of the Islamic Organization for Food Security General
Assembly and 7th Session of the OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural
Development will be held on 12-14 October 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Furthermore, the other activities which have been held in recent years in the field of
Agriculture under the COMCEC are as the following:
 Experts Group Meeting on Achieving Food Security in OIC Member Countries in
Post Crisis World (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2-3 May 2010),
 IDB Symposium on Achieving Food Security in Member Countries (Baku,
Azerbaijan 23 June 2010),
 Workshop on Agriculture and Rural Development (Antalya, Turkey 16-18
September 2010),
 Meeting of High Level Officials/Experts of the OIC Member States on Food
Security (İzmir, Turkey 28-29 September 2010),