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The General Assembly of the Network for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific (NEDAC) took off Monday at the NASC complex in Pusa New Delhi, attended by delegates from all countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
Parshottam K Rupala, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Agriculture and Peasants and Principal Guest, presented the list of new projects launched by the Modi government and said that cooperatives could realize the prime minister's dream of doubling farmers' incomes .
Complaining about the contraction of land ownership, he felt that organizing small farmers in a cooperative structure would give them bargaining power at every stage of farming activities. He also mentioned the subsidies granted to PPOs by the government.
But what particularly appealed to foreign delegates in Rupala's speech is his assurance that the Indian government remains committed to supporting NEDAC's efforts in cooperation and capacity building.
The session is organized by the National Cooperative Development Corporation and aims at a paradigm shift: from a knowledge-sharing platform to an integration of cooperative trade into cooperative trade (C2C).
The general assembly of 22 major cooperative organizations from eight countries unanimously decided to focus on C2C and capacity building to address the challenges of climate change as processing cooperatives.
Sundeep Kumar Nayak, Director-General of NCDC, said, on behalf of India, that beyond the agenda of the General Assembly, parallel thematic sessions should be held on "Trade Cooperation" partnerships. Cooperative "and" Capacity Development in NEDAC ". The ultimate goal would be to increase farmers' incomes and increase their economic level by integrating cooperative trade into traditional trade and increasing their professionalism.
Balasubramanian G Iyer, ICA's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, said he was concerned about declining share of agricultural cooperatives in the retail and wholesale trade, while They are one of the main actors of sustainable development. It is here that cooperative to cooperative trade will play an important role and NEDAC should see what contributions it could make to its members in this direction.
Mr. Orlado R. Ravanera, President of the Cooperative Development Authority, Philippines and NEDAC Co-Chair, called for Asia-Pacific cooperatives to unite to address the challenges of climate change and climate change. the violent extremism associated with it. Ravanera quoted Gandhi and Tagore to prove his point of view.
The General Assembly adopted a new NEDAC Constitution and elected a new Executive Committee consisting of MD NCDC as Chair; CDA Philippines as Co-Chair; MD Nepal Coop Bank as Vice President; Youth Coop Sri Lanka as Vice President; MoCRE-China / CDA-Thailand / NCUI / IFFCO / FISHCOPED / NAFSCOB / BD Coop as members for a period of two years until 2020.
It should be recalled that NEDAC was established in 1991 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). NEDAC is sensitizing governments in the region to the role of agricultural cooperatives and promoting agricultural and rural development to ensure food security and rural livelihoods for millions of people in Asia and the rest of the world. Peaceful.
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