Istanbul: The Ministry of Municipality is participating in the activities of the Senior Officials Preparatory Meeting for 8th OIC Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development, which started yesterday in Istanbul, Turkey, and will last for two days.
The ministry is represented in the meeting by Director of Food Security Department Dr. Masoud Jarallah Al Marri. The meeting, which is held under the slogan ‘improving food systems to achieve food security in the member countries of the OIC’, will discuss a number of topics, including: the state of agriculture and food security, financing agricultural and food security projects, and supporting its food security activities and other operating institutions, a programme for developing strategic agricultural commodities (wheat, rice and cassava), and establishing a food security reserve for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
