List/Grid Monthly Archives: July 2012
CUNA encourages IYC cross-sector co-op interaction
The 2012 International Year of Cooperatives, as much as it is an opportunity to raise general awareness, has been an opportunity to encourage greater interaction between different types of cooperative…
Cows, Community and Cooperation: Ugandan Dairy Farmers Change their Lives
Dairy farming is nothing new to the Banyankole tribe of southeast Uganda. The long-horned Ankole cattle have sustained the people for hundreds of years and, in fact, locals say that…
Online discussion: Enabling rural cooperatives and producer organizations to thrive as sustainable business enterprises
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition is launching this online discussion to share experiences and identify the ideal external conditions that will enable cooperatives and producer organizations to…
Call for Academic Poster Abstracts on Cooperative Economics
The Imagine 2012 conference is designed to bring together the leadership of the world’s major co-operatives and leading economic thinkers from around the world. Imagine 2012 will provide a forum…
New law for worker cooperatives in Brazil
The worker cooperatives in Brazil have a new law that promises an optimistic panorama for the sector. The new legislation is the result of many years of work carried out…
Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world
Agricultural cooperatives are the focus of World Food Day 2012. The official World Food Day theme, announced each spring by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),…
Act local, think global: How NYC Coops advance development
Self‑help, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity are the key values uniting cooperatives all over the world. Coops promote empowerment and sustainable living through helping people help themselves, and in the…
Daniela Bas on the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development
United Nations Director for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Ms. Daniela Bas, talks about the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development, particularly their…
Cooperatives empower people, improve livelihoods and promote employment in the effort to eradicate poverty
Remarks by Daniela Bas, Director, UNDESA/DSPD at the Ministerial Breakfast on cooperatives on the theme, “Promoting productive capacity for sustainable livelihoods: the role of cooperatives.” Your excellencies, colleagues, ladies and…
FAO opens new liaison office for agricultural cooperatives
Director-General calls cooperatives and producer organizations a key partner in achieving food security and ending hunger, poverty in the world 9 July 2012, Rome – FAO opened a new liaison…
