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The International Summit of Cooperatives is honoured to count on the support of the Canadian and Quebec governments, two of its most important partners. “The support provided by these two levels of government is extremely significant, because it is a testament to the importance they attribute to the Canadian and international cooperative movement and their recognition of the effectiveness of this sustainable economic model,” said Stéphane Bertrand, Executive Director of the Summit. Through ...
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International Year of Cooperative as declared by United Nations for the year 2012 is being celebrated across the globe. Governments and cooperative institutions are funding studies to arrive at scientific conclusions about cooperatives.
In a voting conducted by Indiancooperative.com on the question of the role of National Cooperative Union of India in IYC so far, surprisingly majority opinion goes in favour of NCUI doing enough for IYC.
On the ground the experience, however seems to suggest ...
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The present govt in Madhya Pradesh takes the cooperative sector seriously and feels undergirded by a dense cooperative network the economy of the state could waltz through to a rapid turnaround.
The Cooperative Minister of the state recently called upon farmers to pay their short-term loans by the end of March so that they could avail themselves of one percent interest loan benefit.
It is worth noting that M.P. is the only state in the country that gives farmers loan on one percent interest, ...
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Congratulations to the National IYC Committee of Peru who have launched their country’s International Year website this week: www.peru.2012.coop, having taken advantage of the ...
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The fight between Verghese Kurien and his protégé Dr. Amrita Patel is reappearing in new avatar. Readers could recollect those old days when Kurien fiercely opposed corporatization of dairy cooperative leading to parting of ways between the two stalwarts.
Today again NDDB controlled Mother Dairy is riding roughshod over the principle of fair business and cooperative principles to beat Amul and others. It buys milk from farmers cheap and sells dear while its Gujarat equivalent pays farmers a ...
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To mark the International Year of Cooperatives, Desjardins Group is launching a book containing some of the thoughts that fuelled its founder, Alphonse Desjardins. Entitled Alphonse Desjardins: le pouvoir d'agir, this book is the work of Monique F. Leroux (in photo), President and CEO of Desjardins Group, one of the three co-hosts of the 2012 Summit. Throughout the book's almost one hundred pages, structured around select quotes, Ms. Leroux takes readers through the thoughts of Alphonse ...
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Not Business As Usual: The Co-operative Decade ahead:
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I’ve written here before on the ICA’s goal for the International Year of Co-operatives (IYC): to raise ...
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When TransFair/Fair Trade USA chose to disregard the wishes of Fair Trade producers, Alternative Trade Organizations, activists, and other long-time actors in the Fair Trade ...
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I’ve written here before on the ICA’s goal for the International Year of Co-operatives (IYC): to raise public awareness of the co-operative as a serious, values-based ...
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