Researchers from the institute joined the symposium on value chain development in agri-food systems organized at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The event explored how cooperatives and other actors can function as change agents in transforming value chains and supporting sustainable rural development.
The specific objectives of our project are to create and disseminate 3 professional educational resources to ease the digital transition, facilitate entry into new global markets, enhance cooperation perception among farmers and consumers, and increase coop products market share.
Researchers from the institute took part in an international symposium on value chain development in agri-food systems at Humboldt University in Berlin. The discussions focused on strengthening rural development and improving value chains for smallholder farmers.
In the GenoScience Newsletter 2024, the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies and its Supporting Association present a summary of their work over the past year.
Our Institute Director, Prof. Dr. Marcel Robischon, has been honored as an outstanding “Communicator” in the Tagesspiegel series “The 100 Most Important Minds in Berlin Science 2024.”
Jos Bijman, associate professor of cooperative organisations at Wageningen University, has been advising different farmer cooperatives in Burundi.
On February 26, 2024, Bavaria’s Minister of Environment and Consumer Protection, Thorsten Glauber, presented Prof. Dr. Franz-Theo Gottwald with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
In the GenoScience Newsletter 2023, the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies and its Supporting Association present a summary of their work over the past year.
A recent study by the Berlin Institute for Cooperative Studies at the HU Berlin examines how Community Cooperatives and institutions for the promotion of civic engagement (e.g., volunteer agencies, community foundations and municipal agents for civic engagement) work together.