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African Ministers Agree to Support Cooperatives
Africa’s tenth Ministerial Conference on the theme of co-operatives was held a month ago in Rwanda. The meeting brought together 14 ministers from across Africa to focus on ways of…
Cooperatives as Business Models of the Future
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 2012 (IPS) – When the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) concluded last week, some of the overwhelming success stories highlighted at a two-day interactive session came…
Focus on branding of cooperatives says ICA Director General Gould
The visiting Director General of ICA Charles Gould emphasized the branding of cooperatives as a viable model in a meeting with the top cooperators of India in New Delhi on…
Agricultural Cooperatives: Key to Feeding the World
Today, October 16, is World Food Day 2012. The focus of this year’s theme is agricultural cooperatives. The official World Food Day theme, announced each spring by the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Ethiopian coffee cooperatives getting a better deal for coffee farmers
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (IRIN) – Ethiopia is regarded as arabica coffee’s birthplace, but while the country’s high-quality coffee has made it to the gourmet shelves of major coffee houses around…
Hillary Clinton supports co-op project in Africa
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an expansion of a US government investment in a co-operative dairy programme in Malawi. The announcement was made at Lumbazi Milk Bulking Group…
Rabobank and IFC to jointly establish Agribusiness Finance Institution in West Africa
Rabobank, the leading global food & agribusiness bank, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), active in agribusiness across Sub-Saharan Africa, signed a Letter of Intent to jointly establish a new…
Quebec sociologist Louis Favreau says Cooperative Movement brings a new dynamic in the World Stage
The cooperative movement brings a new dynamic to the world stage, says Quebec sociologist Louis Favreau. “Multinationals will have a new political force to reckon with,” he believes. Mr. Favreau* (in photo)…
Expert advises sugar sector to adopt Indian Model of Cooperatives to handle farm-level to industrial operations
The 41st Session of the International Sugar Council, consisting of 86 countries of the world, concluded that the world sugar economy has a global surplus and tentative projections suggest that…
UNRIC contributes to French Cooperative Newsletter
Jean-Pierre Bugada of the UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe writes about the International Year of Cooperatives for the Lyon Region Cooperative Newsletter in France. Mr. Bugada reiterates the contribution of…
