Union Coop pitches Dh79M to UAE agro
dubai — Union Coop, the UAE’s largest consumer cooperative, revealed that the value of its UAE agricultural products in 2018 amounted to Dh79 million, an increase of Dh35 million compared to 2017, pointing out that supporting and encouraging agriculture stems from its core objective to establish a sustainable agricultural environment with enhanced stock and food security.
Talking about how Union Coop has been supporting UAE’s agroeconomy, Khalid Humaid bin Diban Al Falasi, CEO of Union Coop, said: “Union Coop encourages farmers to develop UAE farms while ensuring the product quality, achieved by attending developmental lectures and workshops to improve the quality and quantity of crops, while ensuring the product quality adheres as per the international standards.” He pointed out that since 2007, Union Coop has been seeking UAE farmers in cooperation with the Ministry of Climate Change, to purchase and market their crops through its outlets in the emirate of Dubai.
Union Coop has established contracts with cultivators of organic products and fulfilled their financial dues much faster compared to other suppliers.
He added: “Union Coop offers many benefits to Emirati farmers as well as members of the Khalifa Fund and the Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, including the ease of registration as a supplier, facilitating and expediting the payment process and exempting from certain conditions of supply.”