Joanne Lechasseur, the Summit's program director, had very successful meetings in Berlin, Germany, where the International Conference on the Cooperative Responses to Global Challenges was held from March 21 to 23. The objective of this conference was to develop an interdisciplinary platform for setting the research agenda in the field of cooperative studies beyond 2012. Germany: a country with a rich cooperative tradition Ms. Lechasseur had many interesting discussions with people at the ...

A good monsoon has caused a glut of milk this season in the country. With their increased  procurement burden, the milk cooperatives have lowered the procurement price.  However, it has not gone down well with the poor farmers engaged in milk production in the country. There is some degree of resentment noticeable among them. All dairy companies other than dairy cooperatives have reduced the procurement price to be given to farmers without passing the benefits on to the consumer. Credit goes ...