Jeddah, 1.5.2010
The Islamic Development Bank will host a two day meeting on Achieving Food security in Member Countries in post-crisis world. The Meeting will be held from 2nd to 3rd May 2010, at the IDB headquarters in Jeddah.

Experts from International organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), will be present at the Meeting. Delegations from number of member countries such as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey, Sudan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Egypt and Nigeria will also participate in the Expert Group Meeting.

The Expert Group Meeting will, primarily, focus on developing the resilience of food security systems in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of recovery from global downturn, climate change and energy security. It is also crucial to set an agenda for capacity building in the agriculture sector and enhance strategic partnership to promote food security through fostering intra investment and intra trade among member countries.

To meet the objectives of the Meeting, the participants are expected to actively engage in deliberations and contribute in generating recommendations for both short and long term policy planning at national, regional and IDB levels. The final outcome and recommendations emerging from the Meeting will be distributed as a background document to the Bank’s Governors, for further deliberation during the IDB Annual Meeting on 23-24 June 2010 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and it is expected to enable the IBD Group to develop an action plan to further enhance security in its member countries.