The institute is looking to position the model as an alternative to today’s centralised digital economy
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Show filtersPlatform co-op movement to hold Solidarity AI conference in Bangkok
'Solidarity AI names a choice: whether AI will be governed by distant systems of power or…
South Korea launches support programme for small co-ops
Help is being offered with joint production and sales, technology development and marketing, and brand development
New Iffco plant heads list of co-op initiatives in Odisha, India
The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative has opened a new sulphuric acid plant as it continued to…
How Nepal’s co-ops are minimising caste-based discrimination
Sharmila Thakurii, founder and president of Nepal’s Female Economic Journalist Association (FEJA), reports on efforts to…
Co-operatives and the International Year of the Woman Farmer
Women make up nearly half of the world's agricultural workforce but face limited access to land,…
World’s largest dairy co-op Amul launches AI farm assistant
The tech is designed to give rural farmers in India personalised farming advice
India’s co-ops minister officially launches driver-owned Bharat Taxi
The platform is run as a multi-state co-op, with drivers joining as members, shareholders and co-owners
Underperforming co-ops will lose funding, says Malaysian government
Some co-ops have become overly reliant on government assistance, warned the minister for the sector
Kazakhstan launches action plan to boost agri co-op sector
Measures include state support, assessments of land and infrastructure, and provision of skills and training
Opinion: Co-operation, global politics and dangerous times
Peter Hunt of Mutuo warns the co-op movement to tread carefully when it comes to undemocratic…
Kuwaiti government rolls out digital surveillance of co-operatives
Co-ops are also being ordered to stock national produce under the Kuwaiti Farmers' Corner initiative
