Olam sources directly from small agricultural cooperatives or village-level agents who buy directly from farmers.

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Matters aren't helped, he says, by the loss of village grazing land to new, agricultural projects for growing wheat and watermelons.

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In the following two decades, the village-based factory developed into a multi-billion-dollar agricultural enterprise, which has been ranked among the top 500 private enterprises in China.

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