The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is teaming up with partner organizations in order to address the challenges of food insecurity. The institution signed a Practical Arrangements agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a US$500,000 grant agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP) on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The partnerships are aligned with the OPEC Fund’s US$1 billion Food Security Action Plan, adopted in 2022.
OPEC Fund Director-General, Dr. Abdulhamid Alkhalifa, and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, signed a Practical Arrangements agreement to expand cooperation in the area of food security. Both institutions will work together to raise awareness about innovation for sustainable agriculture, including the contributions of nuclear science and technology such as isotopic tracing, radiation-induced mutation breeding and soil fertility mapping, to climate adaptation and food security. The OPEC Fund Director-General also met the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Cindy H. McCain.