Implementing Regulation of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad concerning the Specialized Food Security Working Group.

This Regulation provides for the organisation and operation of the Specialized Food Security Working Group within the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, with the aim of implementing the National Knowledge-Based Food Security Document. It establishes mechanisms for inter-agency coordination, planning, monitoring and evaluation of national food-security measures. The Working Group is responsible for improving agricultural production and supply, food quality and safety, market supervision, agricultural commodity distribution and strategic reserves, and measures addressing external shocks affecting food supply. It also promotes the protection of natural resources, ecological balance and sustainability in agricultural development. The Regulation establishes specialised committees covering crop production, horticulture, livestock and poultry, fisheries and aquaculture, trade development, natural resources and watershed management, water and soil, and agricultural research, education and extension. It further specifies the composition and responsibilities of the Working Group, its secretariat and committees, as well as rules governing meetings, reporting and implementation of its decisions.