Articles in Development

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has called upon the cooperative institutions to make a contribution to expansion of storage and cold storage capacity in the country. Addressing the 72nd Meeting of General Council of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the minister said that cooperatives had an important role in the post-harvest scenario. NCDC sanctioned creation of nearly half a million tonnes of storage space in 2010-11 and almost the same amount of capacity in 2011-12 ...

Fair Trade Federation is hosting its annual conference in Bellevue, Washington, May 21-23. Early bird rates of $50 off end March 1 for the gathering that offers: • Networking with other fair trade stakeholders • Sessions and workshops featuring expert speakers focused on building fair trade businesses and the movement as a whole • Delicious fair trade snacks from Equal Exchange and Andean Dream • Expanded Fair Trade Expo– an opportunity for wholesalers to display products and connect ...