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Rwanda, youth and rice farmers

Blog by Jacco Sanderse, intern Agriterra

In the coming five months I will explore Rwanda while fulfilling my internship at Agriterra. I will focus on analyzing policy, its actors, institutions and strategies. Furthermore, I aim to evaluate policies and their social impact. At the end of the five months, I hope to have completed my master's: Sociology: Contemporary Social Problems. During this time I would like to keep everybody interested posted with this blog sharing some Rwanda with you.

14 Mar

New programme ACTING NOW

We are excited to share the launch of our new programme ACTING NOW together with our partner Solidaridad. With this three-year programme financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we strive to contribute to improved food security and a more resilient food system in nine African countries.

13 Feb

Sharing learnings during Ethiopian study tour

From 29 January till 4 February Agriterra welcomed a delegation of the Ethiopian Cooperative Commission (ECC), the Dire Dawa administration (a government office) and the Dire Multipurpose Farmers’ Cooperative Societies Union to the Netherlands for a study tour. The ECC is the governmental organisation aimed to enable cooperatives of rural and urban society in different types and levels based on their will and resources: build capacity and increase market shares to solve their economic and social problems governed under rules and regulations for the assured members' benefit.

08 Feb

Ships ahoy in Indonesia!

Written by Guido Guerra, Team Lead Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Learning department

Since 2018, Agriterra in Indonesia has been working with the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small-Medium Enterprise (MoCSME) to strengthen farmer cooperatives in the country. The Ministry has the goal to increase fishermen income by an average of 10% through 350 farmers’ organisations until 2024.

19 Jan

Cooperative extension service brings the difference

By Olika Urgessa, cooperative advisor Ethiopia

Chercher Oda Bultum Farmers’ cooperative union (COBFCU) in Ethiopia is one of the fast-growing cooperative unions. Currently, the cooperative union consists of 144 primary cooperatives with a total of 43,576 individual farmers.

17 Jan

A cooperative as a solution

Agriterra goes on an excursion in Ghana. Although it normally only works with cooperatives that have already been going for a while, a project has been started here with women who often don't even know the term cooperative.