Entries by Lucius Phaleng

Farm-To-Retail Price Spreads: August 2015

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This is the inaugural issue of the Farm-to-Retail Price Spreads (FTRPS) report which will henceforth be published quarterly by the NAMC.  This publication attempts to provide more insight into the factors driving commodity and food price margins. The August 2015 issue provides information on FTRPS on the wheat-to-bread, maize-to-maize meal, beef, poultry, lamb, pork and […]

Agripreneur Issue 2: Sep 2015

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This is the second publication of the Agri-preneur edition from the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC). The Agri-preneur aims to communicate business-related information among smallholder farmers. Presented in this second publication are the following topics:(1) National Red Development Meat Program (NRMDP) launches in KZN; (2) Market segmentation and compliance research report; (3) Dry bean market deal contract produces expected fruits; (4) […]