Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), participated at the OIC–Turkey Special Forum on Building Productive Capacities for Poverty Eradication. The OIC took place on 11 May 2011 and was held in Istanbul, Turkey.
The participants accorded importance to immediate implementation of the OIC Executive Framework for Agriculture, Rural development and Food Security and acknowledged the on-going efforts within the OIC to encourage investment in the agricultural sector in land-rich OIC Member States.