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Ambitious cooperatives (part 1)
Agriterra’s goal is to turn cooperatives into fully-fledged professional businesses. These professional cooperatives and farmers’ organisations are crucial for sustainable economic development and job opportunities in the countryside. They are the catalyst for progress and contribute to a stable and prosperous agricultural sector and the economy as a whole. We work with around 300 cooperatives in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Below are a few examples of cooperatives of which we are proud.
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Access to quality mechanisation services in Ethiopia
Agriterra has signed a six-month agreement with the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to create a basis for the professionalisation of mechanisation activities of three Ethiopian Farmers’ Cooperative Unions in the Amhara Region. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ is supporting the Ethiopian Government in improving access of smallholder farmers to quality mechanisation services.
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Dealing with symptoms and not structural causes
It's a pleasure for me to share with you this post on systems archetypes in planning and decision-making process with one of our clients in Bolivia, a dairy farmers organisation. This organisation has almost 1500 members. 60% of them produce less than 100 lt of milk per day, 30% produces between 100 and 300 Lt of milk per day and 10% more than 300 lt/day.
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A new strategy for quinoa growers in Bolivia
ANAPQUI, the Bolivian national association of quinoa growers, is investing hundreds of thousands of Euro in a product strategy with an added value for the local market. The growers’ association wants to shed its dependency on the highly competitive international market.
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