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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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Agriculture
Helping small farmers: Developed countries urged to ensure cheap access to irrigation and fertilizers
DAVOS-KLOSTERS – Developed countries should walk the talk on transforming food systems by helping smallholder farmers in developing countries with cheaper access to irrigation, fertilizers and markets, said Raj Kumar Singh, India’s…
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International
India to establish multi-state co-op seed society
NEW DELHI– India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a historic decision to set up and promote a national level multi-state seed cooperative society under Multi-State Cooperative…
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Africa
Africa’s coffee exports were 6.8 percent up in November 2022
KAMPALA-Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa increased by 6.8 percent to 1.09 million bags in November 2022 from 1.02mln bags in November 2021, the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] says in…
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International
Debt-service payments put biggest squeeze on poor countries since 2000-World Bank
KAMPALA-The poorest countries eligible to borrow from the World Bank’s International Development Association [IDA] now spend over a tenth of their export revenues to service their long-term public and publicly guaranteed external…
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International
India: First phase of co-op database to be ready next month
NEW DELHI-The process of making a National Cooperative Database and the first phase will be completed by December 2022, according to the Indian Cooperative. The Ministry of Cooperation on its Twitter handle,…
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Agriculture
GULU: NARO courts more farmers into growing new rice variety
GULU-The National Agricultural Research Organization [NARO] is courting farmers in Gulu district to join in the massive production of Namche 5 rice variety. The rice variety, which grows and yields well in…
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International
Indian Priti Patel elected Vice Chairperson of ICA-AP Women Committee
NEW DELHI– Indian candidate Priti Patel was days ago elected as the new Vice Chairperson of International Cooperative Alliance, Asia Pacific [ICA-AP] Women Committee. Patel won the ICA-AP elections with a whopping…
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International
Indian co-operators remember nationalist Sardar Patel
NEW DELHI-The top cooperatives in the country including Amul, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited [IFFCO] and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India [NAFED], among others, remembered the Iron Man of the…
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International
Global coffee market demanding higher quality over higher volumes
LONDON– The global coffee market is undergoing a transformation that will result in higher quality and more expensive coffees, but not a rise in overall trade volume, as consumers increasingly use single…
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