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UN Summit of the Future: Cooperatives leverage technology, innovation, and youth to advance SDGs
NEW YORK, October 14, 2024 — Cooperatives are leading the way in democratising science and technology, contributing significantly to the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs], concluded a side event at the United Nations…
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AU launches African Cooperatives Centre to promote Social Solidarity Economy
JOHANNESBURG, October 8, 2024 — The African Union [AU] officially launched the African Cooperatives Centre [ACC] days ago. The initiative aims at advancing the Social Solidarity Economy [SSE] across Africa. Unveiled at…
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Hoima farmers seek gov’t help in fight against coffee wilt disease, others
HOIMA, October 7, 2024 — Coffee farmers in Hoima district are calling for government assistance following an outbreak of coffee disease that could force some farmers in the district to abandon growing…
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Meet Ashokbhai Bhavsanghbhai Chaudhary, a leader in Indian dairy cooperative sector
NEW DELHI, October 7, 2024 — Born and brought up in a farming and milk-producing family, Mr. Ashokbhai Chaudhary earned a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Tolani Polytechnic Institute at Adipur, Kutch-…
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Model Law on Cooperatives for Africa: Taxation, self-regulation among key issues cited
KAMPALA, September 30, 2024 — The Pan African Parliament [PAP] recently adopted the Model Law on Cooperative for Africa. The Law has over 40 articles that the cooperative movement or cooperatives in…
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Cannes, cooperatives and the story of India’s ‘White Revolution’
BRUSSELS, September 29, 2024 — Manthan – or The Churning – is a 1976 film that tells a fictionalised version of the beginnings of India’s dairy cooperative movement, and the ‘White Revolution’ that transformed…
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Model Law on Cooperatives for Africa: What you must know
KAMPALA, September 27, 2024 –The Pan African Parliament [PAP] recently adopted the Model Law on Cooperatives which will serve as a framework to guide the development and review of cooperative legislation across the continent.…
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President Samia advocates for strong cooperatives in TZ
DODOMA, September 24, 2024 – The President of Tanzania, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to look at the cooperative sector with a unique eye to build strong…
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Leadership crisis as coop leaders decline to step down
HOIMA, September 23, 2024 — The Kakindo Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Kyabigambile Subcounty is facing a leadership crisis, as its interim leaders, elected in 2017, refuse to resign despite demands from…
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Meeting of Latin American researchers in cooperativism held
BRASILIA, September 20,2024 — The 13th Latin American Meeting of Researchers on Cooperativism [EILAC] brought together academics, researchers and leaders of the cooperative movement from across the region in Montevideo, including the…
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