It is sometimes said that if women received the same training and opportunites as men in developing countries, that the number of people living in poverty could drop by as much as 150 million. In South African, the women are taking the situation into their own hands. In Tooseng village in the Limpopo province of […]
Sedikong sa Lerato
We aim to alleviate hunger and poverty and to promote healthy living and a strong sense of self for the orphans and vulnerable children of Toosneg village, helping them grow into confident, awakened human beings.
A Source for Sustainable Teak
Tropical hardwoods have long been in the environmental spotlight as potentially unsustainable. In Asia, for example, the demand for teak can have serious environmental impacts and disastrous effects on local communities. Much of the worlds teak comes from Indonesia, where native forests are often clear-cut. But one cooperative in Southeast Sulawesi is now producing certified […]
Koperasi Hutan Jaya Lestari
A group of small-scale teak producers in Sulawesi who have received FSC certification for their wood. KHJL has the capacity to sell 540 m3/year FSC certified teak, and 1080 m3/year Jabon and Gemelina wood.
Ur Jims
Ur Jims’ is an agricultural cooperative proud to empower women through its main activities: forestation, fruit tree plantation, fruit processing, and a seedling nursery. The Ur Jims cooperative produces sea buckthorn, gooseberry, sea buckthorn seedlings, and other green house plants.
Buckthorn, gooseberry: bushes bringing women into the Mongolian workforce
What do four single mothers do when the government unit they worked in is privatized and their jobs are eroded? In the case of these four women, they decide to grow their own business, a co-operative business. After the privatization of the forestry unit, we were dismissed in 1998 and it has become very difficult […]
Western Farm Cooperative Forestry Co Ltd
Currently the coop is only achieving limited scale economies through collaboration. However the aspiration is to pool harvesting and marketing rights to get the benefits of being able to guarantee continuity of supply over several years and spread income on an equitable basis also across time. As the article explains, the forestry cooperative concept is […]
Do forest cooperatives have a future in New Zealand?
Cooperation among small scale forest owners in New Zealand is in its infancy. Surveys show that most woodlot owners lack understanding of good forest practice and they do not want to pass the control to a cooperative. They think that, since trees continue growing, one can wait until log prices are high before cutting. However, […]
Maximizing farmer benefits
Linking its farmer members to local, regional and national markets – thereby doing away with the middlemen who profit at the expense of the farmers – is the key to the success of agricultural cooperatives. The latest report from the FAO on hunger released on October 9, shows that 870 million people do not have […]
Nyabubare ACE
Nyabubare ACE is an agricultural co-operative with total membership of 2020 members who are men, women, youth and people with Disabilities, from 10 rural producer organizations. The ACE majors in 6 Enterprises i.e. wines, mainly from bananas, honey, livestock (piggery and poultry), fish farming coffee and recently has introduced sorghum growing to make them 7 […]