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The Objectives of AOAD
The overall objective of the AOAD is to identify and develop linkages between Arab countries, and coordinate all agricultural and agricultural -related activities amongst them. In more specific terms, this entails the following:
- Developing the natural and human resources available in the agricultural sector, and enhancing their output based on technical know-how.
- Increasing agricultural productivity, both in the animal and plant sectors, and attaining full agricultural integration between Arab countries.
- Facilitating exchange of agricultural products between Arab countries.
- Increasing agricultural production in order to attain food self-sufficiency.
- Supporting agricultural projects and processing industries.
- Bettering the living conditions of workers in the agricultural sector.
- In order to better attain these objectives, the AOAD deems it necessary to undertake a number of activities on the regional as well as national levels, such as the following:
- Collecting and disseminating information and data relevant to the fields of food and agriculture.
- Coordinating and supporting local and regional efforts in the agricultural sector, and in specific:
- Scientific and technological researches, as well as socioeconomic studies in fields related to food, agriculture and rural communities.
- Supporting organizations and service-providers in the fields of education, training, agricultural know-how , home-economics, credit and management, as well as development of rural communities.
- Natural resources preservation and updated know-how in food processing industries.