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Probe to find who’s getting the dough (Daily Dispatch)

A COMMITTEE of inquiry would be set up by the National Agricultural Marketing Council to investigate the bread supply value chain and ways to save costs, Agri SA said yesterday.

Catalyst for social change (The Hindu)

The study, in fact, has highlighted the model as a catalyst of social change and traces its beginnings to DCM’s deep-seated interests in agri-business and its involvement with the sugar business as early as the 1930s and later its entry into the fertiliser sector in 1966.

Committee to probe bread prices (iafrica.com)

A committee of inquiry will be set up by the National Agricultural Marketing Council to investigate the bread supply value chain and ways to save costs, Agri SA said on Friday.

Committee to probe bread prices (News 24 South Africa)

A committee of inquiry will be set up by the National Agricultural Marketing Council to investigate the bread supply value chain and ways to save costs, says Agri SA.

Focus on the China's Vegetable Seed Industry (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)

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