Some co-ops have become overly reliant on government assistance, warned the minister for the sector
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Show filtersKazakhstan 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
Philippine government loaned 2.8bn pesos to electric co-ops in 2025
The Philippines’ National Electrification Administration (NEA) says it loaned around PHP2.8bn (£35m) to 45 electric co-ops…
Indonesia wants village co-ops fully operational by middle of year
Ministers hope the network of 80,000 Red and White Village Co-ops will boost rural economies across…
Why co-operatives are built to deal with crisis
Zuraidah Hoffman looks at the emergency response by co-ops to severe weather and floods in Jamaica,…
2025 in review: Chandra Pal Singh Yadav
President, International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific
Kuwait’s co-ops rack up $3bn in sales amid privatisation rumours
Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Co-operative Societies has highlighted the importance of co-ops to the national economy
