International
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IYC 2025: IFFCO boss invites cooperators worldwide
NEW DELHI, July 14, 2024 – The Managing Director of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [ IFFCO ] has issued a video invitation to cooperators from across the world to participate in…
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ICBA signs MoU with Tilburg University to improve the data it holds on members
UTRECHT, July 13, 2024 – The International Cooperative Banking Association [ ICBA ] recently agreed a memorandum of understanding [MoU] with Tilburg University, to improve the quality and quantity of data it…
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UN holds soft-launch event for the 2025 UN International Year of Cooperatives
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 – The International Year of Cooperatives [IYC2025] celebrations kicked on Tuesday with a soft-launch event at the UN headquarters in New York. The event was organised by…
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World celebrates UN International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 7, 2024 – Cooperatives in the world celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives yesterday. An annual celebration of cooperatives, the day has been observed on the first Saturday in July since…
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Oikocredit announces EUR 2.4mln loan to support SMEs in Indonesia
AMSMERFOORT and JARKATA, July 6, 2024 – Netherlands’s Social investor Oikocredit and Validus Group, a Singapore-based digital financing platform, have partnered to provide small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] in Indonesia with accessible…
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Discover how Brazilian farmer is leading the charge in revolutionising coffee farming through precision agriculture
BRASILIA, June 5, 2024 — In the heart of Brazil’s coffee country, nestled in Monte Santo de Minas, Ana Luiza Pellicer leads the charge as chief operating officer at the Mió coffee farm. With a family…
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Uganda cited as Africa’s coffee exports rise 44 percent in May 2024
KAMPALA, June 5, 2024 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa increased by 44.8 percent to 1.74 million bags in May 2024 from 1.21mln bags in May 2023, according to…
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Uganda: Coop Week 2024 postponed: New dates announced
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – Uganda, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], will neither join the rest of the world in holding the Cooperative Week nor mark International…
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New coffee labeling requirements to take effect next week
HONOLULU, June 27, 2024 – The Hawaiian Coffee Labeling Act 211, which requires all Hawaii-branded coffee products to include a disclosure of the coffee’s origin and percentage of locally grown and other…
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Norinchukin Bank’s losses expected to grow to US$ 9.5bln
TOKYO, June 29, 2024 – Norinchukin Bank is expected to report US$ 9.5 billion [1.5 trillion yen] in net losses for the current fiscal year, about triple the projection given less than…
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