Here’s a look back at the moments, movements, and milestones that shaped our 2025.
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Representing Heifer International, Gurpreet presented a case study on our flagship digital advocacy campaign, #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives, launched to commemorate the UN International Year of Cooperatives.
📄 Read the Capacity Statement today.
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📷 Watch Sangita’s inspiring story — a testament to the power of women-led cooperatives in driving economic and social change.
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Through unity, trust, and determination, Sangita and her fellow women farmers are building a movement that empowers thousands and reshapes rural food systems across India.
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Watch his thoughts on how collaborative finance and inclusive policy can transform rural economies across Asia.
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He emphasised that fairness must extend beyond finance — it must ensure equitable access to markets, education, and opportunities.
He shared how the EU is driving this vision forward through gender-responsive policies, sustainable farming incentives, and climate-risk protections.
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Women-led cooperatives can scale their enterprises, build their brands, and transform food systems for generations to come.
📷 Watch Parbati’s reflections from the #FiresideChat under the #SeedingStrength campaign.
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Catalyzing Change Through Convergence!
As part of the #FiresideChat: #SeedingStrength to Unlock Finance for Women-led Rural Enterprises and Cooperatives in Asia on September 24th, Anjani Singh Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation India.
Watch his reflections where finance meets inclusion
✨CNN News18 Co-op Film: #SeedingStrength: Heifer’s Mission to Transform Food Systems by Supporting Farmer Cooperatives in Asia was screened in Hindi, Odia, Bangla, Khmer, and Nepali, so their voices spoke directly to the communities, not through filters.
🌱💪 👩🌾Nothing about them, without them.
The #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives campaign began in July with a dream: to place communities at the very centre of dialogue on empowering farmer cooperatives and unlocking finance for women-led enterprises and cooperatives in Asia.
🎬 We also premiered the cooperative film #SeedingStrength: Heifer’s Mission to Transform Food Systems by Supporting Farmer Cooperatives in Asia, developed in partnership with CNN-News18. To watch the film, click on the link: www.youtube.com/watch?si=JBt...
As part of #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives — Heifer International Asia’s flagship 360° campaign — this dialogue brought together cooperative leaders, philanthropy, multilateral agencies, and first-mile women farmers to unlock one of the biggest challenges in food systems.
From pioneering gender-lens investment vehicles to scaling MSME finance, his expertise bridges policy, capital, and innovation.
👉 Don’t miss the chance to hear his insights on how finance can seed strength for women farmers and entrepreneurs.
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As part of our #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives - a campaign of #Heifer in Asia in partnership with International Co-operative Alliance-Asia and Pacific, we’re spotlighting the power of cooperatives to transform smallholder farmers
Stay tuned, we’ll reveal the answer in 2 days! 👀🔥
✅ Key highlights of the Law on Agricultural Cooperatives (2013)
✅ The cooperative landscape across 25 provinces
✅ Cambodia’s role in the international cooperative movement
✅ The #SeedingStrength: Empowering farmer cooperatives across Asia - a flagship campaign by Heifer International in Asia.
🌟 ICAAP & Heifer International - Asia, present a Fireside Chat under the #SeedingStrength campaign: Unlocking Finance for Women-led Rural Enterprises & Coops 🌟
📅 24 Sept 2025 | 10:30 AM IST
📍 Zoom 👉 us06web.zoom.us/.../qt_4swxt...
With exclusive film screening on cooperatives!
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This incredible journey of resilience and innovation is a key part of the #SeedingStrength campaign, led by Heifer International in Asia and the International Co-operative Alliance-Asia and Pacific. It's a powerful reminder of what's possible when we work together.
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🌟 Join us for the Fireside Chat: Seeding Strength to Unlock Finance for Women-led Rural Enterprises and Cooperatives 🌟
As part of the #SeedingStrength campaign,
#Heifer International in Asia and International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (#ICAAPAC) are hosting a virtual #FiresideChat!
A big thank you to Gordon Cole-Schmidt and earth.org for spotlighting this inspiring journey. 🙏
*Featured images by Mirja Vogel.
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Now we want to grow & grow!
This is what #SeedingStrength looks like: women leading, cooperatives thriving, and communities standing strong against #ClimateChange.
👉 Read the full story here: earth.org/stronger-tog...
This op-ed is part of our #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives campaign, launched on July 9 in partnership with ICA–AP to mark the UN #InternationalYearofTheCooperatives2025.
📢 We invite you to read, like, and reshare to help amplify the cooperative movement across #Asia.
This story is part of #SeedingStrength— a flagship campaign by Heifer International Asia and the International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific, celebrating cooperative-led transformation during the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025.
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Beyond income, this quiet revolution is building women’s leadership, greener farming, and stronger communities.
Impact📍:
👉 79,000+ kg of vegetables exported
👉 1,757 cooperative members
👉 USD 19,000 in earnings generated—and growing
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🌱 Fresh off the press!
Our op-ed “Seeding Strength: Farmer Cooperatives and the Future of Food Systems” by @bgiyer (ICA-AP) & Neena Joshi (@heifer_asia) is now live in @ipsnews.
🔗 www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/seed...
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Mao’s journey is part of #SeedingStrength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives, a flagship campaign by Heifer International Asia & the International Co-operative Alliance-Asia and Pacific, celebrating the UN #InternationalYearofTheCooperatives.
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✨ Quiz Answer Reveal ✨
⁉️ Question: The core principles that guide cooperatives are:
👉B. Ethics, Values & Community Ownership ✅
➡️ Unlike businesses driven solely by profit, cooperatives are powered by people and shared values.
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➡️ This is the power of #FarmerCooperatives.
➡️ This is the vision of our #SeedingStrength campaign.
On #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate young changemakers like Chhem—proving that the future of agriculture is in the hands of passionate, innovative young people.
As part of our #SeedingStrength campaign, we’re spotlighting the power and principles of #FarmerCooperatives — & here’s your chance to test your knowledge!
Let’s see how well you know the values driving rural transformation through farmer cooperatives. 💪🌱
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