Boarded up Farmers cooperative, Tresigallo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative washing Shea nuts to make Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative making Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative drying clean Shea nuts to make Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Members of a cooperative at work in a vegetable garden, UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Members of a cooperative at work in a vegetable garden, UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian worker carting hundreds of bags of arabica coffee beans read for export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Arabica coffee beans being graded by an optical coffee sorter at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Female workers peeling onions for added value at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian female workers sorting arabica coffee beans to export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian male workers shoveling arabica coffee beans to prepare them for export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A bag of arabica coffee beans ready for export at Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Onions being washed and peeled for added value at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Irrigation system for the fields at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Male workers posed shaking hands next to growing tomato plants at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Young male workers steering cattle to till the ground at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Female workers peeling onions for added value at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Irrigation system for the fields at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Young male worker irrigating the fields at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Meki Batu, Ethiopia - Young male worker spraying pesticides on kale plants at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative in Meki Batu.

Margaret Nderitu, a client of KWFT microcredit, handling harvested tea in the growers' cooperative pickup point

Corn for animal feed grown on a small rural farm that is part of a cooperative of local farmers who grow medicinal herbs and other organic products in and around the small community of Turvo, central Parana state, Brazil.

Members of a cooperative of local farmers who grow medicinal herbs and other organic products in and around the small community of Turvo, central Parana state, Brazil gather for a communial lunch.