Director General of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOSF) Yerlan Baidaulet called for the need to strengthen cooperation in order to achieve food security, noting the support of many Islamic countries for the organization’s efforts in this regard, including the State of Qatar. he 2nd United Nations Summit on Food Systems opened on Monday in Rome In his statements on the sidelines of his participation in the 2nd UN Summit on Food Systems in the Italian capital, Rome, Baidaulet confirmed that the issue of Islamic food security is one of the priority issues being discussed within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, considering that political unrest and climate change constitute the most important threats to food security in Islamic countries.
In this context, he cited what is happening in the West African region, including the recent coup in Niger and the political unrest in Burkina Faso and Mali.
On the other hand, Baidaulet touched on the United Nations report, according to which 50 percent of the countries in need of food aid and suffering from starvation and malnutrition are among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
In this context, he stressed the organization’s move to provide support to 12 countries mentioned in the United Nations report, and to focus in the next phase on solving food security problems in Islamic countries.
Baidaulet called on Islamic countries for more cooperation to achieve food security, Pointing out that Islamic countries have human resources, agricultural land and even water resources, as well as financing.
Source: Qatar News Agency