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Timestamp: 2019-02-20 09:56:20
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2770', '§ 1352', '§ 2105', '§ 314', '§ 165', '§ 12', '§ 30', '§ 411', '§ 320', '§ 241']

For the Anniversary of Iran Cooperative Day
Dr. H. Shirzad
Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC) was founded in 1963 to facilitate the development and strengthening of farmer cooperatives. The Articles of Association was then approved by the Parliament.
A wide range of empowerment, supporting, training and commercial operations were planned and operated to actualize the above mentioned goals. To this end, a network, including 8757 cooperative societies and mutual was developed which enjoys 6746000 members. According to the content of the Articles of Association, CORC is responsible for rural development through agricultural cooperatives.
§ Act of farmer cooperatives (1948)
§ Act of establishment of CORC (1963)
§ Approval of the Articles of Association of CORC and further amendment (1967)
§ Approval of the act on establishment of the Cooperative Ministry and Rural Affairs, dissolution of the Ministry of Land Reform and Rural Cooperatives and further amendment (1970)
§ The Act of production cooperatives and further amendments (1981)
§ The Act of establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture-jahad (2000)
§ Approval the Act on policies regarding Article 44 of the Constitutional Law, which climbed the cooperatives share by 25% in the national economy (2008);
Providing the facilities for progressing, extension, strengthening of cooperatives, development of economic, marketing, trade and services of cooperatives in nationwide villages as well as facilitating of the integrated and sustainable development of rural areas are among the most strategic goals of CORC .
Duties of CORC:
The core commitment of CORC focuses on reinforcement, supporting and enhancement of rural and agricultural cooperatives network nationwide. To this end, following duties entail supervising, supporting and guiding functions favoring the affiliated network:
§ Training the cooperative principles and administration of rural and agricultural societies and unions.
§ Extension the culture of cooperatives for qualitative and quantitative development of cooperatives
§ Training and educating the human resources for CORC and cooperatives
§ Providing technical service for members, staff and managers of cooperatives.
§ Providing legal, technical, specialized, financial, credit and marketing services for agricultural cooperatives at district, provincial and national levels;
§ Organizing, coordinating, qualifying and improving the level of specialized skills, as well as financial/operational services and management capabilities of rural (production/women) and agricultural cooperatives;
C) Supervising
§ Continuous auditing, stewardship and monitoring of cooperatives and national, provincial and district unions, as well as the executive duties of cooperatives, syndicates, etc.
Rural and Agricultural Cooperatives' Network
Activities of the Cooperative Network
1. Meeting the livelihood and professional needs/inputs of the cooperative members;
2. Marketing of the members 'production through development of direct supply centers and local malls;
3. Collective use of the owned or leased farms through establishment of production complexes;
4. Development of processing plants and warehouses for agricultural products;
5. Holding local and abroad fairs for presenting, marketing and exporting of agricultural products;
6. Facilitating and bedding for extension and education of the cooperative members;
7. Raising funds/credits, contracting and representation of insurance agencies and financial institutions;
8. Building int'l ties with the global coop bodies according to the set forth law; and
9. Providing advocacy and technical services for execution of the production projects.
Status quo of the Network composition
§ 2770 rural cooperatives, 339 unions in districts and provinces with 4,413,000 members;
§ 1352 rural production cooperatives, 66 unions in districts and provinces with 407,000 members;
§ 2105 agricultural coops, 113 unions in in districts and provinces with 1,780,000 members;
§ 314 rural women cooperatives with 81,000 members.
§ 165 employer/labor associations formed by 54,000 individuals;
§ 12 national unions and 480 unions in districts and provinces;
§ 30 registered agricultural joint stock companies bearing 8100 members;
§ 411 district agriculture guild systems and 32 provincial agriculture guild systems enjoying 1,000,000 members;
§ 320 agribusiness elites associations at district level, 32 provincial focals covering 55,100 beneficiaries; and
§ 241 coordination/advocacy associations at district plus 29 provincial focals composed of 5,380 clienteles.
Capacities and Facilities of the Network :
Fuel Stores/Stations
Pavilions for Agricultural Crops
Agro-inputs Supplying Shops
Agro-crops Shopping Centers
Agro-crops Supplying Centers
Capacity of Warehouses (Multifunction and Mechanized) 1000*Tones
Complementary and Processing Plants
Milk Collection Centers in Rural and Agricultural Cooperatives
Consulting Service units, plant pathology Clinics, …
Main Road Map of CORC:
ü Network empowerment;
ü Diversification of internal economic activities of the Network;
ü Trading and marketing of agriculture products;
ü Providing and distributing inputs;
ü Establishment and development of infrastructural facilities of Network;
1. Empowerment tasks of the Network
- Conducting social pathology and making the cooperatives efficient , proposing solutions for removing barriers;
- Building capacities/capabilities in managerial structure of the Network;
- Re-organizing and active participation in the General Assemblies of cooperatives supported by formulation of due rules and instructions;
- Conducting a census on rural cooperatives’ members;
- Establishing “Public Service Desk" involved by rural cooperatives;
- Establishing product-based and specialized unions;
- Installing financially integrated software in the Network followed by annual auditing;
- Pursuing legal cases in the judiciary courts;
- Capital Raising Plan (share price evaluation);
- Re-structuring the affiliate credit units;
- Absorption of financial facilities from budgetary lines and resources of the banks;
- Supervising the activities of the guild members by guild systems;
- Developing and strengthening the internal and external relations to facilitate cooperation amid agricultural guild systems, agriculture sector and other related organizations; and
- Identification, standardization and coding of 225 professions in agriculture sector based on the ISIS system .
2. Major Plans and Activities to Strengthen the Network Economic Status
- Establishing viable markets for agricultural inputs;
- Conducting the Integrated Pest Management Plan;
- Developing and equipping mechanization units;
- Creating technical service units (soil testing, plant pathology, veterinary,…)
- Establishing and developing transportation companies for agricultural inputs and crops;
- Ceding the administrative duties to the Network; and
- Producing safe and organic products.
3. Commercial and Marketing Programs
Central organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran (CORC) applies its network potentials for marketing of agricultural crops via the following means:
- Direct supplying (retail/wholesale pavilion);
- Creating virtual terminals for transaction of agricultural products;
- Supplying agricultural products through stock exchange market;
- Establishing network relations among national unions and provincial societies for providing needed crops/inputs ;
- Developing agreed transaction mechanism for agriculture crops; and
- Establishing stands for grading, packaging and supplying of cooperatives’ products.
4. Main actions in supplying and distribution of agro-inputs
- Providing and distributing of all inputs e.g. chemicals, fertilizers , micronutrients, machineries, etc.
5. Infrastructural Agenda
- Completion of the Supply-Chains (mainly focused on packing, sorting, processing and marketing stages) by acquiring adequate investments of local/foreign resources in agriculture sector;
- Building more capacities (warehouses, scales, stores,…) for procurement and dispersion of the Network crops;
- Creating markets for quarrying and supplying agro-crops and inputs; and
- Implementing basic soil-water projects in the sector.