The cooperative Tierra Nueva was established in 1997, with 23 members to market better prices for their organic coffee. At that time, farmers had to accept high variations in the market price as middlemen were the only buyers rotating through the villages. A lot has changed in the last 20 years and a new collaboration […]
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 greatly […]
Sol & Café in Peru: a coffee cooperative that delivers outstanding coffee
Sol & Cafe is a cooperative of farmers, with more then 1000 members, producing coffee, cacao, rice and other products. Their relationship with Agriterra began in 2012. They have worked very interesting topics for the development of the capacities and training in financial management of the members, board members and all the staff. The cooperative […]
Coopecan – a success story 4,000 – 5,500 meters above sea level
Coopecan is a cooperative of alpaca shepherds/producers in Peru. The cooperative has more than 1000 members. Coopecan is improving the quality of the pastures to improve the production of the alpaca fibre. The fibres are processed in a plant in Arequipa for export. Coopecan cooperates with Agriterra since 2011 and Agriterra supports them to set up […]
The El Algarrobo Residence
Oncativo is a small town in the province of Cordoba, in the central region of Argentina. There, the Cooperativa de Servicios y Obras Públicas (Public Works and Services Cooperative) recently built El Algarrobo Residence, a 13,700-square-metre home, especially designed for the elderly. Each of the 5,000 families in Oncativo is a partner of the cooperative […]
Cooperativa de Servicios y Obras Públicas
Cooperativa de Servicios y Obras Públicas (Public Works and Services Cooperative) recently built El Algarrobo Residence, a 13,700-square-metre home, especially designed for the elderly. Each of the 5,000 families in Oncativo is a partner of the cooperative residence.
The Story of Korean Social Economy – Happiness Sharing Mart
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative is the first supermarket in Korea to be operated by a workers’ cooperative. This start was initiated by people who were involved in campaigns against the special law regarding the development of Jeju Island and the construction of the Jeju Naval Base in Gangjeong village. They established their Happiness Sharing Co-operative […]
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative
Happiness Sharing Mart Co-operative is the first supermarket in Korea to be operated by a workers’ cooperative. Starting with Happiness Sharing Mart, the co-op opened its second store in 2016. They also opened ‘Berry Jeju’, an online and offline shopping mall that sells Jeju specialties and cultural products, ‘Seomchae’, a local food buffet restaurant, and […]
A Cooperative Leader in the Philippines
Antonio Cecilio ” Fr. Anton” Tuason Pascual A Cooperative Leader in the Philippines 30 years of humanitarian, servant leadership, and stewardship excellence in the fields of social development and cooperative social enterprise is how best to summarize his accomplishments. Rev. Fr. Antonio Cecilio Tuason Pascual more popularly known as Fr. Anton was ordained in 1987 in […]
What do people know about co-operatives?
Cooperatives Europe took to the streets of Brussels to find out if and what do people of the EU quarter know about cooperatives! We even met MEPs Maria Joao Rodrogues & Isabella Adinolfi! This is the first video of the 3 part series. To find out more about us, visit https://coopseurope.coop/ Music Bensound – Rumble […]
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