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Technology
Finnish research institute delivers latest coffee made in lab
HELSINKI-Even coffee is no longer required to originate from nature. VTT Technical Research Centre, a public research institute owned by the Finnish government, has produced the first batches of coffee “cells” in…
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Africa
ACTESA develops regional horticultural observatory programme
LUSAKA– The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa [ ACTESA ] has developed the COMESA Horticultural Observatory Programme which will be used to engage multi-stakeholders in the horticultural industry…
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International
Co-op housing units in Canada get c$13mln for repairs
QUEBEC-The federal and Nova Scotia governments are splitting the tab on c$13 million [Shs 39 billion] in renovations for co-op housing units around the province, reports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC]. The work…
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East Africa
Land, housing sectors take largest share of SACCO loans in Kenya
NAIROBI– A sectoral lending report by Kenya’s SACCO regulator, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority [SASRA] puts the land and housing sectors of the Kenyan economy as the biggest borrowers of Sacco loans, accounting…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Climate disasters: Mutual ARC can play ‘vital role’ in Africa
BLANTYRE– Mutual insurer African Risk Capacity Limited [ ARC ] recently met stakeholders in Malawi to discuss how its parametric insurance can transform Africa’s response to climate disasters such as droughts and…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Indian UCBs to be brought at par with commercial counterparts
NEW DELHI– Speaking on the occasion of onboarding of co-operatives on the GeM portal recently in Delhi, Indian Union Minister Amit Shah said that co-ops can no longer be treated in a step…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Scotish funeral co-op faces strike action over pay dispute
GLASGOW-Members of trade union Unite employed in the manufacture of coffins for Co-operative Funeral Care have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay, reports Coop News. An initial week of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
IDF: Amul and Nandini named main sponsors of World Dairy Summit
NEW DELHI– India’s top-ranking dairy brands Amul, marketed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd and Nandini, marketed by Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd) are named as main sponsors of International…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Don’t meddle in our affairs, Sacco members warn politicians
NAIROBI-Members of Ekeza Sacco have warned Kenyan politicians to keep off their affairs after the government permitted the Sacco to resume normal operations, Sacco Review reports. The members blamed a section of…
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Environment
Drought hits Europe’s rivers and crops
LONDON-Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas faced by drought. In the Netherlands the level of the Waal…
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