Taiz: A meeting was held in Khader district of Taiz governorate on Monday, bringing together the Local Development Team, officials from the Agricultural Sector, and the Agricultural Cooperative Union to discuss the challenges facing Khader Multipurpose Agricultural Cooperative Association and the appropriate measures to enhance its developmental performance.
According to Yemen News Agency, the meeting, chaired by province undersecretary for development affairs, Abdulwasa al-Shamsi, and attended by Khader Association Chairman Mohammed Abduljaleel, Secretary-General Wajdi Daoud, and Executive Director Salah Abduljaleel, addressed the association's institutional performance, stalled local initiatives, and mechanisms to resolve them.
During the session, al-Shamsi emphasized the importance of establishing operational plans for the executive management, developing financial and administrative systems, and adopting principles of governance and annual audit reporting. He noted that Khadeer's selection among the 56 model districts was due to its promising agricultural potential.
He pointed out that the district is rich in resources and development opportunities that must be properly utilized and called for the expansion of agricultural and production activities to achieve self-sufficiency and strengthen food security.
Al-Shamsi urged Khadeer Association officials to prepare a list of resources, services, and investment opportunities in the district and to establish demonstration fields to assess agricultural productivity and motivate community participation.
For his part, Engineer Abdullah al-Janadi, Head of the Agricultural Sector in the governorate, praised Khadeer Association as one of the leading cooperatives in Taiz. He highlighted the positive transformation in cooperative agricultural work, driven by the support of the revolutionary and political leadership, institutional capacity-building, and personnel training across districts.
He also advised the association to take advantage of the current harvest season by collecting improved sorghum seeds and establishing a seed bank to benefit farmers in future seasons. He called for a comprehensive census of agricultural technical personnel to help implement community and service projects.
Meanwhile, representatives from the Central Intervention Unit in Taiz and Lahj, Badr al-Din al-Tayyar, along with Mustafa Bahjar (Director of Community Initiatives) and Hussein al-Rashdi (Project and Agricultural and Fisheries Initiative Finance Unit), reaffirmed their commitment to providing technical and financial support to associations.
They announced that the third phase of development support programs in the district would be launched soon. This phase aims to stimulate local development and strengthen the association's financial and supervisory roles across productive and service sectors.
The officials encouraged associations to nominate local development engineers from within the district to participate in training workshops and carry out field surveys and impact assessments. They also stressed activating community committees to contribute 30% toward project implementation, ensuring effective community engagement in the development process.
Majid al-Saghir, Director of the Agricultural Cooperative Union's branch in Taiz, affirmed the Union's ongoing support for cooperatives and its willingness to assist Khadeer Association in implementing its projects and improving institutional and financial performance.
Faris al-Jaradi, Director of Khader District, and Nasser al-Hamdani, Head of Mobilization, noted the significant transformation in the association's performance since its founding. They stated that training workshops and awareness programs conducted recently have raised awareness of the importance of cooperative work and strengthened the spirit of initiative among both staff and the wider community. This has positively reflected on the association's active participation in executing rural development and service projects.
The meeting also reviewed the outcomes of implemented projects and their impact on beneficiary families, calling for the documentation of success stories from agricultural projects and initiatives, increased transparency, and the expansion of community engagement in supporting the association's programs.
Participants stressed the importance of submitting regular progress reports, conducting continuous project evaluations, and working collectively to advance the agricultural sector and achieve sustainable development in the district.