Cuba used to have an industrialized agricultural system, exporting sugar and citrus to Russia and importing most of its food, as well as oil, machinery, fertilizers and pesticides. Then the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, which combined with a US trade embargo created a crisis that Fidel Castro named “The Special Period”. Suddenly cut off […]
Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa “Organopónico Vivero Alamar”
An organic urban farm producing fresh food, processed food and compost for the local community.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited
A cooperative chiefly engaged in manufacturing and marketing of fertilisers through the network of member societies
Sigiga Multipurpose Cooperative
Sigiga Multipurpose Cooperative, a member of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia, brings together 1,862 coffee farmers along with 5 permanent staff, 3 temporary staff, and up to 200 seasonal workers. The Union represents over 44,000 smallholder farmers and through them and their families impacts the lives of 300,000 people.
Dept of Cooperatives
we r aademic institution offering coop edn, trg, and undertaking coop research.
Undredal Stølsysteri
A cluster of red, white, blue and yellow houses nestled on the green shores of a breathtaking Norwegian fjord, the tiny village of Undredal has a population of 70 people. And 500 goats. Goats cheese has been made in this valley for centuries. Until 1988, the village could only be reached by boat, which helped […]
Undredal Stølsysteri BA
A cooperative dairy making raw-milk goats cheese with the milk from the goats of three families.
Farda Coop
Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative: Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative (that is referred to as Farda Co-op) was established on 20 May 2006. It has 26 shareholders from vegetable oil factories in Iran. The 26 shareholders consist 93 percent of Iran’s vegetable oil industry and 81 percent of Iran’s […]
The single voice of a cooperative
A civil war raged in Guatemala from 1960 to 1996 – the longest civil war in Latin America’s history. In the Ixil Triangle, where Oikocredit project partner Asociación Chajulense (Chajul) operates today, thousands of civilians were killed, tortured or disappeared. The victims were predominantly Mayan descendants. Today, the coffee and honey farmers of Chajul – made […]
Koperativa Mpambolin-Ambanivolo Mananara (KOMAM)
The tropical rainforest of the remote Mananara-Nord Biosphere Reserve in northeast Madagascar is rich in biodiversity, with 13 different lemur species alone. Here, villagers are helping to protect the environment by using traditional, low-impact methods to produce vanilla, growing the orchids at the base of large trees in the forest. The traditional production process for […]