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Cooperatives & Communities
Bulgaria, Argentina to exchange cooperative experience
SOFIA, November 2, 2023 – Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Alexander Yotsev days ago held a meeting with the Agriculture Secretary of the Argentine province of La Rioja Ernesto Perez,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TZ SACCOs urged to join national union
MWANZA, October 2, 2023 – Mwanza Regional Administrative Secretary, Elikana Balandya has called on Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] to join the Union of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Tanzania…
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International
US to remove Uganda, others from AGOA trade programme
KAMPALA, October 31, 2023 – The President of the United States, Joe Biden said on Monday that his government intends to end the participation of Uganda, Gabon, Niger, and the Central African…
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International
War: Israeli and Palestinian cooperators in need of financial help
BRUSSELS, October 31, 2023 – Cooperators who have been affected by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas are appealing for financial support, according to the global apex body for cooperatives, the…
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International
World Bank: Conflict in Middle East could bring ‘dual shock’ to global commodity markets
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2023 – Although the global economy is in a much better position than it was in the 1970s to cope with a major oil-price shock, an escalation of the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Cocoa production in Ivory Coast expected to fall by 28.5 percent
ABIDJAN, October 27, 2023 – Cocoa shipments to ports in Ivory Coast are expected to fall by 28.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of the 2023/2024 season due to erratic weather…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Experts form economic forum to give voice to over three million cooperatives across globe
NEW DELHI, October 26, 2023 – Leading cooperative sector experts have come together to form the World Cooperative Economic Forum [WCopEF] to give voice to over three million cooperatives spread across the…
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Cooperatives & Communities
First regenerative agriculture labeled coffee to be launched
MILAN, October 25 Oct 2023 – The world’s first coffee with a “regenerative agriculture” label is being distributed globally by the Italian brand Illy Caffè in partnership with the Cerrado Coffee Growers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
NCB originates over US$ 86mln for New York area cooperatives
NEW YOR, October 11, 2023 – The National Cooperative Bank [( NCB ], a leading lender to cooperative housing and condominiums throughout the Tri-State area in the United States, originated over US$…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coops represented at United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy
MONTREAL, October 23, 2023 – The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy [UNTFSSE] held its 4th Technical Symposium days ago in Montreal, Canada. As one of the founding…
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