BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 16.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:GMT Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011028T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:-0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010325T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20211011T112533Z DESCRIPTION:The role and potential economic impact of co-operatives in Afri ca \nFarrelly & Mitchell Webinar\n \nDate/Time: 10th November 2021\, 11:00 AM (Ireland time) / 11:00 AM (Gha na) / 02:00 pm (UAE time) / 01:00 PM (Saudi Arabia).\nPlease click this UR L to join https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88053307022\n \nWhat can African agric ulture and food cooperatives learn from how other cooperatives have perfor med in the past\, their strengths and limitations\, and how applying those learnings can propel the sector forward in the present and future? Is the cooperative model still a relevant vehicle in the development of the cont inent’s agriculture prospects? Our experts grapple with this subject on our next webinar.\n \nWhy have some cooperatives failed to deliver better outcomes for African agriculture in the past?\nChief among the reasons som e cooperatives have failed to reach their full potential include issues ar ound government ownership. Later when independent\, governance became an i ssue. Side-selling is an issue for cooperatives around the world and this is also true in the African context.\n \nWhat are the grounds for optimism around cooperative agriculture in Africa at the present?\nImprovements in governance have minimised many of the practices that impeded organisation s in the past. In addition\, a whole host of agtech innovations is making it possible for cooperatives to be monitored and perform better. These tec hnologies are boosting confidence in the sector and financial institutions backing it.\n \nHow can the cooperative model improve the economic and so cial sustainability of smallholder farmers?\nCooperatives can improve the lives of smallholder farmers through increased purchasing power\, increase d market power\, sharing of resources and the transfer of knowledge.\n DTEND;TZID="GMT Standard Time":20211110T120000 DTSTAMP:20211011T112533Z DTSTART;TZID="GMT Standard Time":20211110T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T112533Z LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88053307022 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-ie:Farrelly & Mitchell Webinar TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000E08B08C29ABED701000000000000000 0100000004BFBE41F3F686D41A9F64F03FF78F3DC X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The role and potential economic impact of co-operatives in Africa
Farrelly &\; Mitchell Webinar

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Date/Time: 10^th November 2021\, 11:00 AM (Ireland time) / 11:00 AM (Ghana) / 02:00 pm (UAE time) / 01:00 PM (Saudi Arabia).

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What can African agri culture and food cooperatives learn from how other cooperatives have perfo rmed in the past\, their strengths and limitations\, and how applying thos e learnings can propel the sector forward in the present and future? Is th e cooperative model still a relevant vehicle in the development of the con tinent’\;s agriculture prospects? Our experts grapple with this subje ct on our next webinar.

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~~Why have some cooperatives failed to deliver better outcomes for African agriculture in the past?~~

Chief among the reas ons some cooperatives have failed to reach their full potential include is sues around government ownership. Later when independent\, governance beca me an issue. Side-selling is an issue for cooperatives around the world an d this is also true in the African context.

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~~What are the grounds for optimism around cooperative agriculture in Africa at the present?~~

Improve ments in governance have minimised many of the practices that impeded orga nisations in the past. In addition\, a whole host of ag tech innovations is making it possible for cooperatives to be monit ored and perform better. These technologies are boosting confidence in the sector and financial institutions backing it.

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< p class=MsoNormal>How can the cooperativ e model improve the economic and social sustainability of smallholder farm ers?
Cooperatives can improve the lives of smallholder farmers through in creased purchasing power\, increased market power\, sharing of resources a nd the transfer of knowledge.

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