{"id":9882,"date":"2021-11-19T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/?page_id=9882"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:59:58","slug":"version-en-ingles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/version-en-ingles\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGLISH VERSION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9882\" class=\"elementor elementor-9882\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47e406b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"47e406b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Cooperativas Agrarias Federadas &#8211; CAF (Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives) represents the interests of its member cooperatives and is a tool for achieving their integral development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"normal\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">CAF is a network comprising <strong>more than 20 Agricultural Coopera<\/strong><strong>tiv<\/strong><strong>es and Rural Development Societies <\/strong>from Uruguay with more than <strong>13,000 farmer members <\/strong>spread across the whole national territory.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We offer to our members: <strong>Institutional REPRESENTATION and Integral DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#568914\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #568914;\"><strong>ACTION POINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>1 Training and Development of social capital.<\/strong> <em>Expand and professionalize the network of directors, employees and farmers involved in agricultural cooperatives to strengthen their cooperative commitment.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How: training programs \u2013 national and international consultancies \u2013 advice \u2013transversal working groups \u2013 workshops \u2013 forums \u2013 meetings \u2013 seminars \u2013 webinars<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What: management skills \u2013 business management \u2013 human capital management \u2013 cooperative approach \u2013 entrepreneurship \u2013 creativity and innovation \u2013 communication and leadership skills<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>2 Institutional Relationship and Representation. <\/strong><em>Articulation and<\/em> <em>advocacy with governmental authorities and institutions to contribute to generate, implement and evaluate high quality public policies.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How: active governance \u2013 proposals \u2013 participatory- collective construction \u2013 relationship with Government \u2013 meetings and exchanges<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What: institutional advocacy \u2013 productive and corporate issues \u2013 agricultural cooperative positioning\u2013 improvement of public policies \u2013 influence and incidence in the public agenda \u2013 democratic governance \u2013 regional and international linkages \u2013 inter-institutional articulation \u2013 validation and representativeness<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>3 Support Cooperative Competitiveness. <\/strong><em>Construction of a vision and shared actions between network members for enhancing productive development and improving agricultural cooperatives competitiveness.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How: fostering inter-cooperatives initiatives \u2013 labour relations \u2013 thorough research \u2013 foresight \u2013 case studies \u2013 working groups for exchange (livestock, agriculture, horticulture, cooperative aproach etc.)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What: technological and organizational dynamism \u2013 incorporation of procedures \u2013 \u00a0knowledge management \u2013 incorporation of technology \u2013 economies of scale \u2013 commercial strategies \u2013 members loyalty \u2013 intergenerational farm transition<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>4 Enhancement of Organizational Processes. <\/strong><em>Resources and system<\/em> <em>alignment to strengthen communication channels and nodes in the network of CAF\u2019s member agricultural cooperatives.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>How: promotion of participation and involvement \u2013 efficient governing bodies and professional staff \u2013 transversal working groups (managers, technical staff, directors, communicators, rural youth) \u2013 exchange tours with member cooperatives \u2013 institutional communication management<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What: internal and external communication \u2013 corporate identity and image \u2013 quality services \u2013 search of projects and fund sources \u2013 access to quality information<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#568914\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #568914;\"><strong>AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES MEMBERS OF CAF IN URUGUAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>CAF, as an economic agent, plays a major role in representative sectors of the country\u2019s economy: <strong>livestock, agriculture, dairy, horticulture and floriculture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list {\"fontSize\":\"normal\"} -->\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>Cooperatives industrialize and market production from 2,000 <strong>dairy producers<\/strong> mainly affiliated to CONAPROLE (Cooperativa Nacional de Productores de Leche). This represents 80% of the national dairy production to supply internal and international market.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>agricultural sector<\/strong>, cooperatives account for 30% of national production in wheat and 20% in soybean and they also play a role in sorghum and maize production. Cooperatives account for 30% of barley production.<\/li>\n<li>Cooperatives have an installed <strong>storage capacity<\/strong> that covers almost 70% of grain production with the exception of the rice crop.<\/li>\n<li>A second-tier cooperative, CLU (Central Lanera Uruguaya), markets and processes almost 15% of the national production from 1,800 <strong>wool producers<\/strong>. Wool is processed in its own Combing Mill \u2013 known in Uruguay as Lanera Piedra Alta- with modern technologies that allow the production of superb quality tops for the most demanding international markets.<\/li>\n<li>Cooperatives are the main input suppliers for farmers. They support their members with technical assistance and provide access to key information allowing the developing of <strong>new plans and productive undertakings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, they contribute to <strong>local development<\/strong> addressing <strong>social and environmental issues<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Increasingly more present in the competitive development of Uruguayan agricultural sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Phone (+598) 2900 00 12 &#8211; 2901 33 39 &#8211; E-mail: secretaria@caf.org.uy &#8211; R\u00edo Negro 1495 of. 201 (Montevideo-Uruguay)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> cafuruguay<br \/><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> CAFUruguay<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives MISSION Cooperativas Agrarias Federadas &#8211; CAF (Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives) represents the interests of its member cooperatives and is a tool for achieving their integral development. &hellip; <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/version-en-ingles\/\">Seguir leyendo &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"csbAdvScrollBarCursor":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9882"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13694,"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9882\/revisions\/13694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caf.org.uy\/caf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}