AG 2014 Intervention Jérôme Monteil
Photo : Entraid
Pascal Bordeau
A cooperative movement involved in cooperative development abroad.
80 local/REGIONAL federations, 1 national federation :
- Support and advice to the groups
- Decision-support tools and methods
- Trainings, Events
- Advocacy
- Technical datas and figures
Federations of Cuma are autonomous and ruled by farmers
Why are we engaged in international cooperation ?
- To take part to the development of agriculture systems close to ours (family farms)
- To get a better recognition of Cuma movement
- To go into issues related to co-operatives in depth
- Unifying experiences for the members of our cooperative network
What do we do ?
1. Cooperative awarenessContribution of farmers members of a Cuma and/or advisors of Cuma :
- TO LISTEN to the local situation described by participants
- TO EXPLAIN : Why they have become members of a cooperative ; The operating way of their cooperative, based on cooperative principles
- TO IMAGINE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS a virtual project of shared investment
How do we act ?
2. Support to the emergence and development of local-scale projects of shared investment : shared mechanization, small-scale process units,…3. Sharing of experiences with other european cooperatives organisations
Our assets for cooperative development
- “Basic” cooperatives, focused on the farms (not on the market)
- A specific know-how on shared mechanization
- Skills available on collective organization
- A strong and diversified network of Cuma and federations
Link to : general key facts about Cuma
