cooperatives
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International
Cooperatives in India to be strengthened
NEW DELHI -The Union Cabinet in India days ago approved strengthening the cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots, according to Indian Cooperative. Indian Cooperative reports…
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International
Understanding the business of coffee cooperatives
BOGOTÁ – Much of the coffee consumed across the globe is produced by coffee cooperatives. In the simplest sense of the word, these can be defined as organised groups of smallholder farmers…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister urges Mbarara traders to form cooperatives
MBARARA-The Minister of State for Trade, Harriet Ntabazi has advised traders in Mbarara to form cooperatives in order to dictate the market for their products. The minister made the call on Friday…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Adjumani farmers decry low prices of soybeans, urged to form cooperatives
ADJUMANI -More than 100 farmer groups and individual farmers in Adjumani district are stuck with close to 50 tons of soybeans due to the low prices being offered by the middlemen. The…
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News
Over Shs 60 mln raised to fund Mbarara City Festival
MBARARA– Businessmen, traders, and corporate companies have contributed over Shs 60 million to fund activities as they join the rest of the residents to mark three years since Mbarara Municipality gained city…
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International
2023 Union Budget of India: NCUI President sees surge in co-op fund
NEW DELHI – Cooperative leaders of the land are expecting a bonanza from the upcoming 2023 Union Budget of India to be presented in the Parliament on Wednesday by Union Finance Minister…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister Ogwang launches fundraising drive for women SACCOs
KATAKWI – The Minister of State for Sports, Peter Ogwang last weekend launched a fundraising drive for women SACCOs in Ngaraim County, Katakwi district, saying it will help them fight household poverty.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Nwoya cooperatives have scanty books of account
NWOYA– The majority of the cooperatives in Nwoya district lack proper audited books of account, something that has limited them to access loans from commercial banks and other financial institutions, district officials…
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East Africa
We want tax relief, co-ops urge gov’t
NAIROBI-Cooperatives/SACCOs in Kenya are calling for tax relief, saying it would help them compete favourably in the market. According to Gathungu Kahunyo, the vice chairman Githunguri Dairy Co-operative, Saccos pay high taxes,…
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East Africa
Kenyan cooperatives outline challenges facing sector
NAIVASHA-Stakeholders that run cooperatives in kenya days ago in Naivasha aired the major challenges facing the sector, saying that urgent attention is needed, according to Sacco Review. They were meeting the Cooperatives…
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