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/, […]
Turning lemongrass into oil and co-operative profits
Lemongrass is a green, spiky grass which proliferates as ground vegetation in waist-high mounds. In some countries the herb is believed to guard against anxiety, in others to help with coughs. In the mountainous climes of Bhutan lemongrass grows wild. But as one of the kingdoms resident lemongrass experts, Karma Yanka, explains that paradoxically its people dont ingest […]
Powerful national co-operative movement looks to young to grow global movement
One in three Singaporean residents is a member of a co-operative, explains Dolly Goh. But when the lively chief executive of the Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF) talks about her McDonalds strategy she is not only talking about the island nation.This federation has been quietly taking one of its concepts for 2012, the UN International […]
Lemongrass Co-operative
The cooperative exports through a business called Bio Bhutan which manufactures soap and other products using the special oil. It also exports oil to neighbouring India, Nepal and to Thailand.
Another type of banking
A bank whose operations are as wide-ranging as those of Bank Rakyat can afford to change the way it does business. In 2003, 49 years after its foundation, Malaysias Bank Rakyat, one of Asias largest co-operative banks, embraced an operating system based on Shariah (Islamic legal) principles. Since then Bank Rakyat has been able to further extend its operations to the Malaysian islands of Sabah and Sarawak. Bank Rakyat is driven by […]
Bank Rakyat
Established in 1954, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Rakyat) is currently the largest Islamic cooperative bank in Malaysia.
CHOISES Young Women’s Cooperative
CHOISES provides affordable cooperative housing to young women in Sydneys east.
Salted Earth
Fifty years ago a massive lagoon lay next to the village of Toubab Dialow. Today a small puddle gathers in the rainy season, but, come September, the land is dry and barren once again. Changes in vegetation and soil have destroyed the lagoon and, along with it, the communitys fishing industry. A cooperative of women […]
The Women’s Group of Toubab Dialaw
The organization works to support the economic and physical health of the women of Toubab Dialow. We seek to create opportunity for environmentally sustainable jobs, education and health. We work to make a better life available for the people of our community.