Due to special climate requirements, only a few number of countries in the world produce attar of roses. Turkey is one of the countries that produce it. Rose damascene cultivation is realized in Isparta Province and environs of Isparta in Turkey. Gülbirlik is the only higher unit of rose damascene cultivators’ cooperatives, which consists of […]
Union of Rose Cultivators Agricultural Sales Cooperatives
Rose and attar of roses are agricultural products that are known and used in each and every part of the world. In addition, attar of roses is one of the most important raw materials that is used in perfume and cosmetics industry. Rose damascane, which is one of the most significant types of rose in […]
Coexphal (Association of fruit and vegetable growers of Almería)
Originally formed to enable exportation, Coexphal is now an association of, and service provider to, 72 agricultural cooperatives and producer entities (themselves with 13,500 farmer members), representing 70% of exports and 65% of total production of Almería, which translates into 1.8 million tons and a turnover of over 1.500 million Euros. The associated cooperatives and […]
Iran’s big co-operative plans
Six years ago, the Iranian Vegetable Oil Industry Association decided it was time to go into business co-operative business. Under its association framework it was not legally allowed to go into business, only to act as a collaborator between the private sector and the government in Iran. So, the association created The Iran Oilseeds […]
Iran Oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Processing Factories Cooperative (Farda Coop)
Farda Coop was established on 20 May 2006. It has 28 shareholders from vegetable oil factories in Iran that account for 93% of Iran’s vegetable oil industry. Farda provides all technical, financial needs and raw materials in which the shareholders need. 41% of Farda personnel are women. Farda also established a coop university, a transportation […]
The Central Union Of Turkish Forestry Cooperatives
Forest villages are located a long distance from cities. The living conditions in these villages are severe. Forest villagers have low-income. Their share in the national income is very low: the equivalent to about one quarter of the national income. The main income of these villagers comes from working in the forest and a very […]
The Central Union Of Turkish Forestry Cooperatives
OR-KOOP advocates for the economic and social rights of forest villagers. There are 8,228 agricultural development coops with 785.710 members. 3.500 are in Turkeys forest villages and 2,109 of them are involved in forestry. Forest production activities were carried out according to State Forest Organization forest management plans. Until 1977 production operations were carried out […]
Cooperativa Café Timor
Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT) was founded in the wake of the destruction of much of East Timor after it gained independence from Indonesia in 1999. In 2000, a group of farmers, in an attempt to successfully market their coffee internationally, united to form CCT. Today, the organization has grown to include 19,600 members from 16 […]
Sustainable business regardless of the social system
Mongolia boasted 225 large collective farms before the Democratic revolution of 1990. From that point on most of the collective farms were privatised and then collapsed. The collective farms that did survive this process were few and each re-organised into a co-operative-based model. The largest of these primary agricultural co-operatives is called Buyan-Undral and is […]
Buyan-Undral Cooperative
Buyan-Undral primary agricultural cooperative is the one of the largest member cooperatives of National Association of Mongolian Agricultural cooperatives. The Mongolian Government and Local Government have valued the activities of Buyan-Undral highly and granted many awards and premiums to this cooperative, including in 2000 Best cooperative award of National Association of Mongolian Agricultural cooperatives /NAMAC/, […]