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19 June '13

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54,000 farmers will benefit from the CLUSA programme in Mozambique.

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MozambiqueNCBA food security programme awarded $14 million

A co-operative International programme that will boost long-term food security in Mozambique was awarded a five-year $14 million contract by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign ...

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MozambiqueNCBA’s CLUSA International Awarded $14 Million Contract to Strengthen Food Security in Mozambique

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2012 Contact: John Torresjtorres@ncba.coop202.383.5452 CLUSA to Strengthen Food Security for Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique (WASHINGTON, DC) – In Mozambique, the National Cooperative Business Association’s (NCBA) CLUSA International program has been awarded a five-year $14 million contract by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to bolster long-term food security in the country’s Central and Northern provinces of Zambezia, Tete, and Manica. ...

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United StatesNew CEO for the National Cooperative Business Association

The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), the US national association for cooperative business enterprise, has announced the appointment of Michael V. Beall, Esq. as ...

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Global NewsNCBA Launches “The Fix” Public Awareness Campaign to Highlight Benefits of Co-ops

Contact: Colette Beyer202.442.2303cbeyer@ncba.coop  Laura Telander Graf651.698.4006ltgcommunications@comcast.net   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NCBA Launches “The Fix” Public Awareness Campaignto Highlight Benefits of Co-ops Shows How Cooperatives Bring Jobs, Affordable Housing & Healthy Food Access;Mobile App & Contests Reward Individuals Who Shop Locally & Live Cooperatively WASHINGTON, DC (October 1, 2012) – A new public awareness campaign is highlighting how ...

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Global NewsNCBA Launches First Cooperative Mobile App to Help Consumers Shop Locally & Live Cooperatively

Andrea Cumpston202.383.5447acumpston@ncba.coop Laura Telander Graf651.698.4006ltgcommunications@comcast.net NCBA Launches First-of-its-Kind Cooperative Mobile App to Help Consumers Shop Locally & Live Cooperatively CooperateUSA Mobile App Offers Access to 29,000 US Cooperatives Meets the Needs of Consumers Looking for Values-Based Businesses WASHINGTON, DC (September 10, 2012) – Consumers wanting to shop locally, support values-based businesses and find affordable alternatives to ...

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IndiaCooperative leaders team up to support IFFCO’s ICC

In a rare show of bonhomie, the entire cooperative sector of the country is gearing itself up to make IFFCO’s International Cooperative Conference a huge success. The two day conference is scheduled from 4th July at Manekshaw Centre in Delhi. Be it Chandrapal Singh, President of NCUI or Virendra Singh, Chairman of NCCF, be it NAFED Chairman Bijender Singh or NCUI Chief Executive Dr Dinesh-all of them all have taken upon themselves the job of presiding over one session or the other at the ...

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Global NewsWhite House welcomes Cooperative Leaders

For the first time in US history, the White House held a national briefing for the widest range ever of US cooperative leaders. The trigger for this historical event was the United Nations declaring 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC). Clearly, the extensive IYC efforts of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and its members have had national impact on the White House. Seeing co-ops as a particularly bright spot in the US economy, the Obama Administration asked ...

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Jack Lew, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States, welcomes co-operative representatives to the White House

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United StatesWhat happened when co-operatives went to the White House?

On May 4th, for the first time in US history, the White House held a national briefing for the widest range ever of US co-op leaders. The trigger for this historical event was ...

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Consumer co-ops, such as People's Food Coop, Ann Arbor, Michigan, are highly rated by Americans. Picture: Andy Piper

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United StatesSurvey reveals American support for co-operatives

Over two thirds of Americans believe co-operatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” and one third of Americans say they ...

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Global NewsNational Survey Finds Americans Rate Consumer Co-ops More Highly Than For-Profit Businesses

Nearly one-third of Americans (29 percent) say they belong to a consumer cooperative and 72 percent of Americans think cooperatives such as credit unions and rural electric co-ops are “helpful to consumers” with only 11 percent saying they are “unhelpful,” according to a new national survey. The survey was developed by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and was administered to a representative sample of 1,008 adult Americans by ...

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