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Africa
Africa
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AgricultureWould co-operatives make tea taste better?
Pay and conditions in the industry are in a race to the bottom says Stirling Smith – but legal changes in India offer glimmers of hope
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DevelopmentObituary: Sam Mshiu, leading light of Tanzanian co-operation
A tireless worker for co-op development in his own country and across Africa
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AgricultureNCBA Clusa highlights global projects for International Youth Day
The US apex body gave updates on development projects in Senegal, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Niger
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AgricultureFairtrade and the invisible women of the cocoa industry
'The average female cocoa farmer earns 23p a day. How is there not as much outrage about this, as there is for the fast fashion industry?'
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PoliticsSouth African co-ops ‘need more help coping with effects of Covid-19’
Co-ops want public bodies to come to them for essentials such as PPE as the country tackles the crisis
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FairtradeNestlé ceases sourcing Fairtrade cocoa and sugar for KitKats
Co-operatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Fiji and Malawi will lose their Fairtrade premiums
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FairtradeNew majority shareholder of Divine Chocolate
Ghanaian cooperative Kuapa Kokoo maintains a 20% share in the company
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SectorDenis Goldberg: A man of hope
The veteran of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa would go on to serve as honorary president of the Woodcraft Folk
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Credit UnionsKorean federation helps to grow the credit union movement in Uganda
The South Korean credit union movement is helping to set up credit co-ops in Uganda
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AgricultureUS co-ops work with development agency to help Madagascar’s farmers
NCBA CLUSA is working with spice company McCormick to improve livelihoods and sustainability in the country's vanilla production