John Rouse and Renata Mirulla at the CFS on cooperatives
Channel: Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Date: 2012-10-18

Interview__ 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives. Rural cooperatives and producer organisations play a crucial role in the eradication of hunger and poverty, the promotion of social harmony and the achievement of more equitable economic growth. John Rouse, former head of the FAO Cooperatives and Rural Organizations Group, and Renata Mirulla, moderator of FAO's Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition share their views on a CFS side event on agricultural cooperatives and on an online discussion which they facilitated together through the Global Forum on FSN on rural cooperatives and producer organisations in the run-up to this year's World Food Day.

More information and transcript available on the Global Donor Platform website: http://bit.ly/U8bPTz

FAO's FSN Forum: http://bit.ly/L0ZDKX

FSN Forum on cooperatives: http://bit.ly/SgG5Ip