The National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI)
NCUI BooksThe National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) serves as the central organization uniting all cooperatives in India. This includes sectoral national federations, multi-state cooperative societies, and state cooperative unions.
- The NCUI's significance lies in advancing the cooperative movement to achieve economic development, social equity, and sustainable livelihoods in India.
- The core functions of the NCUI are to provide education, training, research, and extension services tailored to the specific needs of cooperatives.
- NCUI undertakes cooperative member education programs and empowers them with knowledge and skills through its National Centre for Cooperative Education.
- Through the National Council for Cooperative Training and its affiliate institutes, NCUI provides extensive training programs.
- NCUI mandates trainers and faculty to engage in need-based research, documenting best practices and case studies.
- Collaborating with cooperative institutions to enhance awareness and expand membership.
- Discover the exclusive publication by NIPA that sheds light on the essential role of NCUI.
About CIRDAP
CIRDAP, the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific, is a regional, intergovernmental and autonomous organization headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on 6 July 1979 with the initiative of countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. CIRDAP currently serves 15 member countries across Asia and the Pacific.
CIRDAP's fundamental purpose is to support integrated and people-centred rural development by helping member countries share knowledge, develop capacity, undertake research, formulate policies and implement innovative approaches for improving rural livelihoods.
- Rural development and poverty reduction.
- Agricultural and rural livelihoods.
- Capacity building and professional training.
- Research, action research, policy dialogue and technical support.
- Knowledge and information dissemination.
- Climate-resilient and sustainable rural development.
- Rural entrepreneurship, employment and institutional strengthening.
- Exchange of successful models and best practices among member countries.
CIRDAP functions as a regional platform for governments, researchers, development institutions and rural-development practitioners. Its work includes training programmes, seminars, workshops, research projects, policy discussions and publications, making publishing and digital knowledge dissemination highly relevant to its mandate.
The proposed CIRDAP-NIPA collaboration aims to create a strong regional knowledge and capacity-building partnership for integrated rural development. CIRDAP will contribute its expertise, research, policy knowledge, institutional network and regional experience, while NIPA will provide professional publishing, digitisation, e-books, digital learning and global knowledge dissemination.
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (DBSKKV), Dapoli
Visit DBSKKVDr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth (DBSKKV), Dapoli is an agricultural university focused on education, research, extension and technology development for agriculture and allied sectors, particularly addressing the unique needs of the Konkan region of Maharashtra.
The University has significant expertise in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, biotechnology, agricultural engineering, natural-resource management, post-harvest technology and rural extension. Its research and extension activities provide substantial opportunities for academic publishing, digital knowledge dissemination and capacity building.
- Agricultural sciences, horticulture, rice and field crops.
- Agricultural biotechnology, fisheries and aquaculture.
- Forestry, agroforestry, animal science and livestock.
- Soil, water and natural resources.
- Post-harvest technology and food processing.
- Agricultural engineering and mechanization.
- Climate-smart and digital agriculture.
- Extension education and rural development.
The proposed collaboration between DBSKKV and NIPA is focused on the publication of university books and academic content in both print and e-book formats and their wider dissemination across India and international markets.
Under this collaboration, DBSKKV will contribute its academic expertise, faculty-authored manuscripts, research publications, textbooks, reference books, technical materials and other scholarly content, while NIPA will provide professional publishing, editorial, production, print and digital publishing, distribution and international dissemination support.
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