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Cooperatives and conservation: what is so special about COMACO?

The traditional values of helping and sharing are reemerging as cooperatives build a path toward self-reliance

February 15, 2020 0

Community Farming It's Wild Wildlife

Why we sell only healthy products

We call this approach to farming, “farming with nature”, which includes such practices as zero tillage, crop residue retention, agroforestry, and crop rotation.

December 12, 2019 0

Community Farming Poaching Wildlife

Protecting forests, saving bees and improving livelihoods

Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet and up to eighty percent of the world’s land-based species, such as elephants and rhinos, live in forests. There is also scientific research that points to forests as playing a critical role in mitigating climate change because they act as a carbon sink—soaking up carbon […]

October 31, 2019 2

Community Farming Poaching Wildlife Women

Conservation solutions – COMACO has answers

This year, for example, there are over 61% of farmers that are doing “conservation business” with COMACO w

October 29, 2019 0

Community Farming Wildlife

Cooperative Success: Profiles on Eme and Kajilime

Cooperatives play a vital role in improving the livelihoods of rural communities the world over. COMACO helps

August 1, 2019 0

Charcoal Community It's Wild Wildlife

From elephant slaughter to investing in a conservation business

The ghastly image of an elephant with its head hacked and chopped in half and missing its tusks in a pool of b

July 31, 2019 4

Community Farming Poaching Wildlife

Crops that save elephants and make It’s Wild! the brand of nutrition

COMACO's conservation initiatives help rural communities manage for their habitat while keeping their farm lan

May 2, 2019 0

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