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=Project Banka Coop= | =Project Banka Coop= | ||
==Context== | ==Context== | ||
The idea of starting a worker coop in the rural village of Banka in Bafang Cameroon Africa came from the need to encourage local consumption of foodstuff cultivated by local agricultural laborers and create a trading platform to facilitate the buying between Cameroonian producers and buyers. | The idea of starting a worker coop in the rural village of Banka in Bafang Cameroon Africa came from the need to encourage local consumption of foodstuff cultivated by local agricultural laborers and create a trading platform to facilitate the buying between Cameroonian producers and buyers. | ||
===Social, Economic, Political Environment (North/South)=== | |||
====Cameroon==== | |||
*Technical and cultural exchanges + funding | |||
*Participation in international networks, building and sharing social capital | |||
*Sharing of development experiences and social organization:South-South, South-North, East-West. | |||
==Project Description== | ==Project Description== | ||
::To initiate a cooperative of farmers and trader groups using new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers. The members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members. The cooperative can also have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members. | ::To initiate a cooperative of farmers and trader groups using new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers. The members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members. The cooperative can also have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members. | ||