Co-op education programs underway to spur long-term development
Co-op education programs underway to spur long-term development
Myanmar Times, 09 Oct 2017
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/co-op-education-programs-underway-spur-long-term-development.html
Education programs and discussions are being held over the long-term development of cooperatives (co-ops), which have been providing loans to small-scale farmers and citizens, said U Myo Aung, director of Cooperatives Department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation.
The Cooperatives Department was a separate department under the Ministry of Cooperatives under the previous government. Under the current government, the two ministries worked together to set policies and procedures for livestock and agriculture businesses in the country to form co-ops to help growth.
A co-op represents an association of persons, farms or businesses owned and run jointly by its members, who unite voluntarily to meet common economic or social goals and share the profits or benefits.
“The main aim is to have continuous long-term development in agriculture and other sectors,” he told The Myanmar Times on October 7.
To do so, the Cooperatives Department was divided into five groups to carry out education programs on forming co-ops across the country. “Each group is responsible for three Regions or States,” U Myo Aung added. “There were some complications in forming co-ops in the past, so we are conducting programmes to educate people about the guidelines and procedures on how to form a proper co-op. The programmes are still taking place now.”
The Cooperatives Department was a separate department under the Ministry of Cooperatives under the previous government. Under the current government, the two ministries worked together to set policies and procedures for livestock and agriculture businesses in the country to form co-ops to help growth.
A co-op represents an association of persons, farms or businesses owned and run jointly by its members, who unite voluntarily to meet common economic or social goals and share the profits or benefits.
“The main aim is to have continuous long-term development in agriculture and other sectors,” he told The Myanmar Times on October 7.
To do so, the Cooperatives Department was divided into five groups to carry out education programs on forming co-ops across the country. “Each group is responsible for three Regions or States,” U Myo Aung added. “There were some complications in forming co-ops in the past, so we are conducting programmes to educate people about the guidelines and procedures on how to form a proper co-op. The programmes are still taking place now.”