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54 Chapter 7 – ITC AND THE HALAL SECTOR For many poor countries, developing the SME sector, particularly in the food and other agro-based industries, is a key to tackle poverty reduction. Investment in small and medium-scale industries in the food sector serves many purposes: • Sustainable food supply. Most importantly, agricultural development provides people with a local and sustainable source of food that can have an immediate impact on malnutrition and the associated health problems that inevitably accompany it. • Improved health. Access to good food will not only reduce illness; by raising the general level of health through proper nutrition, communities can function better in every way, and take a proactive interest in their own development and social welfare. • Education. Including agricultural studies in rural communities can generate real involvement in the younger generation. Agricultural studies lead to related subjects such as health, nutrition, science, engineering, rural development and, of course, trade. • Infrastructure. Agricultural development is naturally linked with general infrastructure development. Improved infrastructure provides water supplies that benefit humans, livestock and plants; better roads and storage facilities enhance trading opportunities to generate income and jobs; and electricity enables agri-processing industries to develop high value-adding businesses to be developed by the local communities. • Trade. If a community can develop sustainable agriculture, its members can also become traders in food products. If they are assisted in training and human resource development, their efforts can be coordinated and further developed to link them to global supply chains. Harmonizing standards IDB is strongly supportive of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and their related projects. Initiatives by SMIIC to develop halal standards that can be acceptable to all OIC members offers a genuine window of opportunity to harmonize halal food standards globally. Unified halal standards for food production can create a strong foundation for this important new market and can benefit people all over the world. The halal food market is already an important meeting point for people of all cultures and beliefs, and as it develops, there is a genuine opportunity to bring enormous benefit enabling many lessdeveloped countries to become useful members of this emerging global trading community. Developing industry The development and support of small-scale food-based industries and trading ventures can go hand-in-hand with the provision of online tools and training, enabling SMEs and even micro-business ventures to connect to global supply chains. The development of the agricultural sector, and the range of industries that are connected to it, is an obvious target for poverty reduction. Sub-sectors of the food industry with potentially high value addition, such as further processing, trading, storage and marketing are all areas that can have a high impact on improving the living conditions of some of the most vulnerable groups in society. In particular, there is an opportunity for another kind of collaboration between OIC members. The wealthier OIC member countries import the vast majority of their food. There is an opportunity to address their food-security concerns and, at the same time, to relieve the endemic poverty issues in the poorer member countries and in the poorer rural regions. With more developed agriculture, the poorer countries can export food products to their wealthier neighbours, bringing benefit to all.
ENDNOTES 55 ENDNOTES 1 Figures from the Pew Research Centre - www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/ 2 State of the Global Islamic Economy 2014-2015 Report 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 Ibid. 6 All remaining figures in this report are derived from ITC’s data at www.trademap.org 7 From presentations made at the American Muslim Consumer Conference 2012, New Jersey 8 UAE.S 2055-1:2015 - Halal products - Part one: General Requirements for Halal Food 9 UAE.S 2055-4:2014 - Halal products- Part four: Requirements for Cosmetics and Personal care 10 UAE.S 2055-2:2014 - Halal products - Part two: General Requirements for Halal Certification Bodies 11 UAE.S 2055-3:2014 - Halal products - Part three: General Requirements for halal accreditation bodies accrediting halal certification bodies 12 Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project at www.globalreligiousfutures.org/
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