International
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#coops4dev🌍 Partners Convene in Rome for Annual Review Meeting
ROME, March 28, 2026 — Partners of the ICA–EU Partnership flagship programme, #coops4dev🌍, gathered in Rome last week for their Annual Review Meeting [ARM], bringing together key implementing offices from across…
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Cooperative leaders unite in Bulgaria to strengthen global partnerships
SOFIA, March 24, 2026 — Cooperative leaders from across Europe, Asia and beyond have pledged to deepen global partnerships and expand joint initiatives following a high-level forum held in the Bulgaria’s capital…
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New Zealand’s dairy coop Fonterra posts robust HY26 results as earnings outlook improves
AUCKLAND, March 23, 2026 — New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd has reported a strong set of half-year results for financial year 2026 [FY26], underpinned by solid global demand, improved commodity prices…
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Middle East conflict: Central banks face higher inflation
By William White LONDON, March 22, 2026 — The world’s central bankers are in a quandary over the Iranian war and the inflationary pressure it generates. They must be reflecting that, having…
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Smarter water use could feed 10bln and create nearly 250mln jobs-report
KAMPALA, March 20, 2026 — Rebalancing water use across the global food system will be crucial to meeting future food demand sustainably and could create 245 million long-term jobs, most of them…
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World Happiness Report 2026 shows complex global picture of social media and happiness as Uganda ranked 118
KAMPALA, March 19, 2026 — Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, especially among girls, according to…
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Cooperatives urged to drive justice and equality for all women and girls
BRUSSELS, March 17, 2026 — Cooperatives are founded on values that explicitly promote equality for all, including women, but more work remains to be done. To mark International Women’s Day 2026, Xiomara…
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Coop lawyers gather in the lap of Africa for the first time
MOSHI, March 16, 2026 — Moshi Co-operative University [MoCU], a premier university initiated by the cooperative movement in Tanzania, and one of the 32 inaugural sites on the ICA Cooperative Cultural Heritage…
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FAO Food Price Index rises in February for first time in five months
KAMPALA, March 15, 2026 – The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices rose in February, ending a five-month downward trend, as higher quotations for wheat, most vegetable oils and several meat types…
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Instant coffee likely to be added to EU deforestation rules
BRUSSELS, March 14, 2026 — The European Union Deforestation Regulation [EUDR], designed to curb deforestation linked to global commodity supply chains, may soon be amended to include instant coffee after industry observers…
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