industrial concentration

Farmers are very unequal partners in the agri-food chain. Millions of independent farm families work at the production level, and they have to face a highly concentrated global retail distribution sector, food manufacturing sector and agribusiness sector, where only a handful of large multinational companies dominate the markets. The result is an international food system that regularly experiences depressed prices for agricultural commodities. This benefits neither farmers nor consumers. IFAP is lobbying for safeguards for farmers against any uncompetitive market behaviour, and IFAP is lobbying for a regulatory environment that facilitates the organisation of farmers in the market.