“In a world where the rich continually get richer, we hear millions of people suffering from malnutrition, oppression and massive exploitation. We have our own share of the powerless, the unemployed, the hungry and the disadvantaged. It is within such a world that Simbayanan called to serve.” In 1992, SMMPC was transformed into a community […]
Boosting Organic Rice Production
Kampong Chhnang – Cambodia – June 2019 “Joint investment with cooperative is better than sole investment because we have the chairperson, treasury, committee in charge of each area, we have members and we can know the information from the outside markets so the middlemen cannot price down our paddy”, said Ms. Chim Soky, community committee […]
Why Kenya needs Cooperative Businesses to Achieve Affordable Housing
Home ownership has traditionally been the foundation of the average Kenyan’s growth in net worth. Year over year, however, the ability of Kenyans to purchase land or homes has decreased. The World Bank estimated in 2017 that 6 out of 10 households in Nairobi are in the informal settlements[1]. In government administrations, current and previous, housing […]
Coop Coffee visits ICA office
Last November, representatives of Coop Coffee Indonesia visited the ICA office in Brussels to discuss their coffee business. The welfare of the farmers/ members is our top priority and we are working on selling our coffee to the Starbucks Trading Company, shipping the coffee directly to Seattle, US. Coop Coffee Indonesia (Co-operative for the Indonesian […]
Innovative Teachers: Rah Roshd Cooperative Educational Complex
Rah Roshd Cooperative Educational Complex: A Brief IntroductionRah Roshd Cooperative Educational Complex, active in the nation’s education system for three decades, was started up as a kindergarten in 1987 by a number of Tehrani teachers who had innovative ideas in the field of education and yearned to have a different philosophy of school administration realized. […]
A growing cooperative in Nigeria
Though the economic downturn of the early 80s, and the era of essential commodities was frustrating the average Nigerian, the staff of Total were quick to spot the opportunities in the prevalent nationwide economic recession. They quickly mobilized for communal economics, a situation where they agreed to come together for bulk purchase of essential commodities […]
North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) family organises and educates affordable group equity cooperatives and their members for the purpose of promoting a community-oriented cooperative movement. Since 1968, NASCO has been working with students, housing cooperatives, worker-owners, activists, and community members who are interested in applying cooperative principles to meet their needs and fulfil […]
Vietnam Cooperative Development Plan
As a result of the Vietnamese Cooperative Development Plan, which was signed during the closing ceremony of the regional conference on food security in Hanoi in March 2017, Agriterra was happy to welcome the delegation of Vietnamese Agriculture, Planning and Investment ministers, representatives of banks and our Vietnamese cooperative partners in the Netherlands. “We feel […]