Lärkan is a social cooperative located in west Sweden, in the small town of Grästorp. The cooperative has 40 members and employs 17 full-time staff and a varying number of trainees. The activities of the cooperative cover several areas.The cooperative has a service branch that specialises in yard work and light transport. A second-hand shop […]
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 […]
A Model for Small-Scale Farmers in Zanzibar
Though the tropical island of Zanzibar, off the Tanzanian coast in the Indian Ocean, is renowned as an island of spices, white beaches and turquoise waters, it is also home to many incredibly poor people who never see the benefits of the floods of tourists who arrive for their holiday in the sun. Out of […]
Ona Mbele Cooperative Society
Ona Mbele Cooperative Society’s goals and objectives are to eliminate extreme poverty and improve sources of income to members by dividing obtained interest annually. The cooperative society provides graining services to the community and supports other cooperative societies at the shehia of chaani Mcheza Shauri in building capacity on financial management and operations.
Quenching Thirst, Building Economy
Its hot, dusty work in the fields around Fatick, a small agricultural town in the Senegalese interior. Theres nothing better, locals say, than a sweet, soothing drink of bissap, a beverage made from hibiscus blossoms that is renowned for its ability to cool the head and fortify the body. That’s not just folklore: bissap is […]
Sine Zenith
Sine Zenith produces and distributes bissap. This is a juice made from hibiscus flowers. The beverage is a time honored tradition in Senegal and the cooperative uses artisanal methods of production.
A flow of member benefits
We sell plumbing gear to plumbers who are mainly our members, each with an equal vote. That’s the succinct description of the Plumber Supplies Co-operative (PSC) given by Tony Rogic, its general manager, sales. And it applied equally well when the co-operative was formed back in 1955. At that time Australian tradespeople faced a post-war […]
Plumbers’ Supplies Co-operative Ltd.
Plumbers Supplies Co-operative (PSC) sells plumbing gear to plumbers, many of whom are members. Customers of the co-operative obtain extra financial benefits – discounted prices, a rebate based on the volume of their purchases and an annual dividend based on the size of their shareholding.
Latincoop
We are a worker Co-operative. In response to the growth of Latino immigrants in the province of Ontario Canada Cooperative born the first Hispanic named “Latincoop”. This idea is realized after a hard work of a group of eight Hispanic professionals concerned about meeting the needs of the Latino community. This new initiative has received […]