Governor of Ifrane province launches activities of Tamahdit sheep breed festival
Heba Press _ Fez Office
For three days, from yesterday Friday, September 6 to Sunday, September 8, 2024, the activities of the seventh session of the Festival for the promotion of the sheep breed in Tamhadhit, organized by the Ait M’hamed Environment and Solidarity Association, were launched in the rural community of Tamahdit, province of Ifrane, in the presence of the worker of the province of Ifrane, Mr. Abdel Hamid. Read more “The Secretary General of the Directorate of Labor of the Territory, the Head of the Directorate of Internal Affairs and the Secretary. General of the Popular Movement Party, Muhammad Ozin, accompanied by a security delegation, local authorities and civil society, the festival began to the rhythm of popular folk activities and celebrations of the Ahidos of the region. .
This session was marked by the participation of a number of sheep breeders at the national level, including purebred owners from the Tamahdit community.
The festival stood out by honoring several faces.
Through this festival, the organizers seek to develop the livestock sector and improve production levels. Especially for the Mahdhit dynasty, characteristic of the Middle Atlas region.
The “Tahdhit” or “Barki” sheep breed is an ancient agricultural heritage and one of the best-known sheep breeds in Morocco.
The “Tamahdit” breed belongs to its original homeland, the “Menthe Baghelmous” region of the Middle Atlas, but also to the Tamahdit region of the province of Ifrane, and extends to all parts of the Middle Atlas from the Taza Mountains, through the Boulmane chain. region, to Khenifra and its surroundings. Because it adapts well to the cold climate thanks to its dense layer of wool, and is characterized by its ease of fattening and its high productivity, it is considered one of the breeds used in artificial crossbreeding, where the average weight of females of the “Tahmahdit breed reaches between 60 and 70 kg, and between 100 and 120 kg in stallions.
In the same context, the regional worker supervised the official launch of the rehabilitation of the Ascension Center and the inauguration of the weekly market in a large area with high specifications, which allowed the citizens, men and women, of this region to praise the efforts of the worker “Abdul Hamid Al-Mazyad”, which were reflected in their daily lives and in the qualitative victory with which he keeps pace with the projects in the region.
Civil activists from various groups in the Ifrane region present in Mahdhit said in statements to Heba Press that the current governor of the region has managed the affairs of the region well on the territorial and administrative levels without prejudice to the people’s rights and fundamental freedoms. to his approach to the policy of flexibility and positive interaction with the people’s grievances, the handling of which falls within the competence of the Al-Amel Foundation and its representatives at the leadership and police levels.
The same activists testified in their testimonies that Abdelhamid Al-Mazyad, the governor of the province of Ifrane, is keen to improve the services provided to citizens and economic actors and to work to involve them in development approaches that concern the implementation of the programs of the National State Initiative for human development and social projects, which has led to the advancement of the economic, social and cultural development of the region, and this take-off is reflected in the language of numbers to which we referred in a previous topic.
These are therefore testimonies collected by Heba Press from a group of civil activities in the province of Ifrane, all of which aim to highlight the efforts and achievements of the worker of the province of Ifrane since his accession to the throne. the interest and pride of the regional public opinion as a whole, because they revealed efforts that have crystallized and are now manifested among followers of local and regional affairs, and which are actually materializing on the ground, particularly in the paving of roads in the rugged terrain of the region. the various groups in the region, with the testimonies of the leaders of their groups. This is in addition to a program to supply drinking water to several regions at the height of the drought. The regional agent himself supervises this process. a protocol, by visiting offices and listening to their concerns, as well as setting priorities that mainly concern the social sectors, including supporting rural education and health, creating new structures and strengthening community services by building a number of student hostels, expanding boarding schools and creating a number of community schools… The health sector has also received attention in The framework of this development strategy involves improving local services.
