Reducing On-Farm Food Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
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Lack of funding is an important constraint for many OIC member countries. Members should be
able to access funds for specific multi-country and multi-institutional projects to reduce on farm
losses in major crops of importance to OIC countries.
A core group could be used to develop such type projects and budgetary plans that could be
implemented by line ministries in the OIC Member Countries either through country budget
support or via donors.
Recommendation 6: OIC Member Countries should develop projects to address losses in
either durable or perishable value chains. These ‘type projects’ should describe key actions,
technology packages and include budgets that could be used to develop projects on reducing
losses in the value chains.
Recommendation 7: OIC Member Countries should implement a cycle of competitive funds
where countries could receive funding for specific research and development projects to reduce
on-farm losses.