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The idea of the cooperative came after the great challenge that met the farmers of the region after the suspension of the transport of chickens in the Kingdom, which led to the lack of slaughterhouses that meet the needs of all farmers, hence the united 60 poultry products in Asir to work together in a cooperative structure and establish a slaughterhouse and poultry meat factory and become one of the largest entities in the world of poultry. However, it did not seem to be easy as the entity faced many challenges, including the impression of relevant entities and funding entities on association projects in general and the fear of some shareholders entering into experience, risk and questioning success. The challenges did not end here, and there were also procedural constraints from some government agencies, which disrupted the start-up of the association and the difficulty in contributing the association to a company entity after the Arab Investment and Agricultural Development Authority entered our strategic partner.In 2013, the Agricultural Development Fund granted us a loan of nearly 200 million riyals, and here, in 2013, the project was launched with a production capacity of 12,000 birds per hour, equivalent to 60 million birds per year, which directly contributed to the development of white meat production and feeding one of the most important regions of Saudi Arabia (Asir) in particular and the southern region in general.The slaughterhouse and meat factory began operation or its first phase in 2014, with an expansion of 80 million eggs per year in half of 2016 to the end of 2016. In 2018, the second phase of the project ended. Our team continued to work with passion and professionalism until our production capacity became 13,000 birds per hour, equivalent to more than 60 million birds per year.Since then, the Cooperative Society has sought to provide a collaborative environment for communication between shareholders and the community to develop and keep pace with modern technical development and help achieve one of vision 2030's objectives of reducing the productivity gap from poultry meat with high efficiency and affordable price.We therefore thank our partners who have supported us in achieving our vision and objectives.The custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his crown prince, with the exception of the association in the funding ceiling, where funding through the Development Fund reached nearly 200 million riyals for financing with project guarantees His Royal Highness the Prince/Prince of Asir region and his unlimited support for this association and his full belief in its development and social role.H.E. The Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture on his efforts with other ministries in overcoming obstacles and allocating land for maternal, slaughterhouse and hatchery projects because of his Excellency's absolute belief in the Cooperative Association of Poultry Producers in Asir as a model and the dissemination of successful cooperative experiences such as the association's experience in becoming a productive entity consistent with the national transformation program.CEO Dr. Abdullah Kidman, who led this achievement from the outset, is the sixth poultry production entity in the Kingdom with a contribution of 5% of the kingdom's production, where he has come from his time It has little to do with this entity, thanks to God, and then the support of our guardians to this stage, and we look forward to completing other production workshops to achieve our greatest goal. We will not forget our partners who, thanks to their support, have reached where we are now:The Arab Agricultural Investment and Development Authority is an Arab financial institution with an independent legal and international personality, founded in 1976 in the Republic of Sudan with a vision of enhancing security Food in the Arab world. The Investments of the Arab Agricultural Investment and Development Authority fall into existing companies and companies in implementation in four main sectors, with 47% of these investments in the agricultural manufacturing sector, 25% in the animal production sector, 24% in the plant production sector and 4% in the services sector.