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
Kokua Market
Last year, Hawaiis only food retail cooperative celebrated its 40th birthday. Founded in 1971 by a group of Honolulu residents who wanted access to high-quality, minimally processed, natural foods, Kokua Market has grown over the years and now operates a 4,400 square-foot retail space, with 3,500 member-owners, 43 employees and annual gross sales of $3.3 […]
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.
Kootenay Carshare Cooperative
The Kootenay Carshare Cooperative is a not-for-profit association legally incorporated to foster carsharing as an environmentally responsible transportation option. The Kootenay Carshare Coop began in 2001 when a group of friends decided they no longer all needed their own vehicles and decided to share! Following the lead of Modo in Vancouver the Kootenay Carshare Co-op […]
Hôtel du Nord
Conceived in 2009 and tested in 2010, Hotel du Nord is a heritage co-operative officially founded in January 2011. To bring cultural heritage and hospitality together, Hotel du Nord follows a simple principle: we sell what we produce, we produce what we sell, all in the interests of those living in the neighborhoods where we […]
Of fish and happiness
Without access to credit, my life would have been very different and that of my children also. These are the words of Assan Diarra, a member of the KAFO JIGINEW network of financial cooperatives, one of Développement international Desjardins (DID)’s partner institutions. The mother of six children and grandmother of eleven is known as the […]
Développement international Desjardins (DID)
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada. For more than 40 years, its component Développement international Desjardins (DID) has been working with developing and emerging countries towards the goal of sharing the expertise and experience of Desjardins and helping local communities set up their own financial cooperative networks. DID’s goal is to […]
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Cooperativa de trabajo asociado andaluza, nos dedicamos a la Consultoría RRHH, Social y Formación