Water Management in Agriculture

PILLAR 3:Capacity Building

Strategic Objectives

Provide technical expertise to strengthen Member State 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 Member States (coordinate across all MS)
  • Individual MS 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 MS by (decrease in % net imports or X million tons)
  • Increase # of Member States producing select key commodities
  • Adoption of IOFS developed OIC food system policy framework across majority Member States
  • 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 Member States pest attacks

Programmes of Pillar 3

Water Management in Agriculture

Strategic Objectives:

Obj # 5: Provide technical expertise to strengthen the capacity of MS.

Program description

This Program supports the Capacity Building pillar of IOFS strategy in strengthening OIC Member State’s water management and efficiency for agriculture and related impact.

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

  • Mitigation Programs Training (current): Engage with various food and agri stakeholders across MS on climate impact and related resource management
  • OIC Water Management for Agriculture Research: Developing recommendations on integrated water management approaches across MS regions

10 Year strategic Goals

  • Integrated water management approaches established

Strategic Partners:

Cross-linked IOFS Programs: