The Kerala Government is shifting paddy procurement to a farmer-centric, two-tier system using cooperative societies. This ...

In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado, and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th century, ...

Bharat Taxi’s entry places it in direct competition with ride-hailing giants Ola and Uber. Both companies moved to ...

Amul is often seen as proof that when small producers unite, they can compete with large corporations, and Bharat Taxi wants ...

A cooperative is a specialized form of business. Having more in common with a traditional business than, say, a nonprofit organization, a cooperative distinguishes itself by a member ownership, ...

Bharat Taxi is attempting to become the "Amul of ride-hailing" by returning power to the drivers taking on the heavyweights like Uber, Ola, and Rapido. By adopting a zero-commission, member-owned ...

One of the major advantages of the cooperative model is the alignment between the business and the community it serves. REI, for instance, focuses on environmental sustainability and local development ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi called the cow India’s “giver of plenty”. For nearly 80 years Amul, the ...

Indian farmers get only one-third of the final selling price, with the rest being enjoyed by the traders, wholesalers and retailers among themselves.” Having worked closely with the agrarian economy ...

Nisa hopes to work with other retail co-ops to lobby policymakers and emphasise the value of the model, chief executive Neil Turton has told just-food. The member-owned food and drink retailer ...