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Increasing sustainability through training


“Education is not nearly as costly as the conflicts and failures incurred because of lack of understanding of the co-op business model. High-performing leaders know the importance of equipping directors, employees and management with the knowledge to understand their respective roles and therefore, develop and lead their cooperative with a unified approach.” These words from […]

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March 21, 2012

Parish sees that village pub lives on


Early in 2011 a group of about 100 residents of the Cumbrian village of Crosby Ravensworth, in the Lakes District’s Lyvennet Valley, gathered in the village hall. At issue was the impending closure of the parish’’s only remaining pub, the Butcher’’s Arms. In the hall that night a vote was taken to save the pub. […]

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The Sweet Scent of Community Empowerment


Get close to a tourist in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and you might catch the light fragrance of lavender. Ask them about it and they will describe the finely packaged bars of soap in their hotel room and the delicate aroma that lingers with them throughout the day. Drive a short distance up the […]

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March 22, 2012

A Place to Share Happiness and Sadness


“I was born in the Year of Chicken, so I’’m said to be very hard-working, kind-hearted, easy-going and honest. I totally believe in the horoscope.” Cao Thi The, 43, is one of the 25 members of the Kim Thanh Handicraft Cooperative in Hai Duong province, in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. She married […]

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March 26, 2012

Saving the Potatoes of the Andes


The potato was originally domesticated around the shores of Lake Titicaca, and the Andes are still home to thousands of potato varieties. Potatoes here come in a rainbow of colours: red, pink, purple, yellow, orange, black, blue. This invaluable wealth of genetic diversity is at risk from increasing agricultural standardization and climate change, but a […]

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March 27, 2012

Co-operation can move mountains


“If a huge stone is in the way of 20 people, they could not pass if they individually tried to remove it. However, if the 20 people come together and work under the orientation of one of them, jointly they will remove the stone and open the way to everyone.” Theodor Amstad Theodor Amstad, a […]

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Coopercentral Aurora ensures families’ welfare


What do meat, poultry, pork, dairy and pizza have to do with each other? In the city of Chapecó the production and sale of these products sustain lives. Dairy and pizza are some of the 700-strong product range of one of Brazil’s most successful cooperatives, Coopercentral Aurora, whose membership extends to more than 60,000 farmers. […]

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March 29, 2012

Kallari


A Kichwa rainforest cooperative of 850 families with small farms in the Ecuadorian Amazon. An average family has a small plot (2% of total farm size) planted with cacao trees, part of their farm with other crops, and more than half of their land remains as rainforest reserves. Kallari has received international acclaim as the […]

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March 31, 2012

The Amazon’s Unexpected Chocolatiers


The indigenous Kichwa live deep in Ecuador’s Amazonian rainforest, a region whose particular climate and geology conditions are ideal for growing cacao, especially the rare Cacao Nacional variety, prized for its floral, fruity, black peppery flavor. But for years, the beans fetched meager prices —about 20 cents a pound —as the Kichwa sold their harvest […]

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Supporting rural communities with more than finance – Gromada Credit Union Ukraine


Gromada Credit Union was the first agricultural credit cooperative Oikocredit financed in Ukraine. In 1996, four women started the cooperative with the aim of providing small consumer and trade loans to market traders. Unable to approach traditional banks, farmers also began to turn to the women for support with their agricultural projects. Today, the cooperative […]

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April 2, 2012

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