Are your co-operatives participating in Fair Trade? There is a direct relationship between Cooperatives and Fair Trade, Karra discusses the link between the two and asks Why aren’t more Co-ops participating, if not they should be, and how?

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Personally, I am a big fan of the co-operative model and feel that it has been underutilised and often ignored as an option for “enterprise development”. The International Year will give both the co-operative sector and governments an opportunity to raise public awareness of co-operatives and the economic and social contribution of the co-operative business model.

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