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International
FAO, IsDB, and IFAD join forces to strengthen food security technologies for smallholder farmers
NEW YORK, September 19, 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO], the Islamic Development Bank [ IsDB ], and the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] have…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Training is the key to a better future for West African cocoa farmers, says new report
ACCRA, September 19, 2023 – Fairtrade cocoa farmers in West Africa are training themselves and their colleagues in record numbers as they seek to overcome significant post-pandemic challenges, according to new data…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kuwait cooperatives oppose govt over privatisation plan
TEHRAN, September 18, 2023 – Kuwait Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies is against the government’s plan to privatise the country’s cooperative retail societies. According to Arab Times, the President of the Union…
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Cooperatives & Communities
TCDC urges coops to embrace warehouse receipt system
DODOMA, September 15, 2023 – The Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission [ TCDC ] registrar and chief executive Dr. Benson Ndiege has urged secondary cooperatives to strengthen their commercial systems by using a…
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Africa
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2nd preliminary round gets underway on Friday
CAIRO, September 15, 2023 – The first legs of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League second preliminary round resume this Friday, as clubs gear themselves up to fight for a place in the…
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International
Arla rewards climate-forward farmers with share of US$ 326mln
COPENHAGEN, September 15, 2023 – Arla, the Danish-Swedish dairy cooperative recently started to pay out a monthly incentive to its farmer owners based on their sustainability efforts. The incentive is a data-driven…
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International
UN’s Guterres calls govts to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems for cooperatives
NEW YORK, September 14, 2023 – The 2023 UN Secretary General’s report on cooperatives in social development has been released. The report sets out the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach as a key way…
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Africa
Korea and the AfDB strengthen drive towards Africa’s food security
SEOUL, September 13, 2023 – The Government of Korea and the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] are intent on strengthening their partnership to support African countries in achieving food security in five…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global Innovation Coop Summit 2023 confirmed
MONTREAL, September 12, 2023 – Cooperatives Europe is excited to participate in the Global Innovation Coop Summit [GICS] 2023 is scheduled to take place from September 27-29 in Montreal, Canada, organisers say.…
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Africa
CGIAR stands with farmers in Morocco after devastating earthquake
CASABLANCA, September 11, 2023 – As a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco in the High Atlas mountains, the hearts of the global agricultural community go out to the farmers and rural communities…
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