16 July 2015
In an interview with ABC’s RN Breakfast on 15 July, BCCM CEO Melina Morrison discusses the recent $14 million in funding allocated to help farmers form co-operatives, as a key measure in the White Paper on Agricultural Competitiveness.
The funding will go towards a two-year pilot programme to provide farmers with knowledge and materials on co-operatives, collective bargaining and innovative business models.
Listen to the interview Calls for the Government to support the farmers’ co-operative.
Read the BCCM media release – $14M funding boost for agricultural cooperatives welcomed.
Read the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper.
Other stories on the Federal government funding for agricultural co-operatives:
Co-operatives boosted by $14 million start-up, 6 July, ABC Rural (includes audio)
Co-ops’ $14m funding win, 9 July, The Australian Dairyfarmer
$14m funding boost for agricultural co-operatives welcomed, 4 July, Central Telegraph
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