Development of Gene Banks

Pillar 3: Capacity Building

Strategic Objectives

Provide technical expertise to strengthen MCs capacity

Strategic Programmes

  • Development of Gene Banks
  • OIC Strategic Commodities 
  • OIC Healthy & Safe Food Ecosystem
  • Bio & AgriTech Development  
  • Climate impact/ Resource Management 
  • Water Management in Agriculture (current)
  • Transboundary Pest Control Management (current)

10 year goals

  • 1 Gene Bank (Plant and Animal Genetic Resource Center) in most suitable MC (coordinate across all MC)
  • Individual MC competent Gene Banks to have agreements with main one
  • ‘Key’ commodities productivity by X% (e.g., yield per hectare at global benchmark)
  • Increase in ‘key commodities’ production in MCs by (decrease in % net imports or X million tons)
  • Increase # of MCs producing select ‘key’ commodities
  • Adoption of IOFS developed OIC food system policy framework across majority MCs
  • Increase % consumption of healthy/ nutritious (i.e., ‘Tayyab’) food
  • Reduce halal food import dependency by X%
  • TBD
  • TBD
  • Water use efficiency per crop
  • Preservation of water reserves (% )
  • Reduction in cross countries pest attack
  • Reduction in ‘key’ crops related vulnerable MS pest attacks

Programmes of Pillar 3

OIC Strategic Commodities OIC Healthy & Safe Food Ecosystem Bio & AgriTech Development Climate Impact/ Resource Management Water Management in Agriculture Transboundary pest control management

Development of Gene Banks

Strategic Objectives

Obj # 5: Provide technical expertise to strengthen MCs capacity

Program description

This Program supports the Capacity Building pillar of IOFS strategy enabling MCs knowhow and application of plant or animal genetic resources.

Current & Potential Activities: (These activities are not final and definitive and would be su bject to management review and changes)

  • Training (current): Bringing best practices-based training on plant based and animal based genetic resources.
  • OIC Genetic Resources Landscape Report: Provide MCs with OIC wide genetic resources landscape to leverage.

10 Year strategic Goals

  • 1 Gene Bank (Plant and Animal Genetic Resource Center) in most suitable MC (coordinate across all MC)
  • Benchmarked improvement in National Gene Banks and their OIC collaboration.
Strategic Partners:
Cross-linked IOFS Programs

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