Op dinsdag 13 september organiseert LEI een seminar/debat in Brussel rondom de vraag; "Do we pay a fair price for our food?"

Do small stakeholders receive a fair share in supply chain value added? Fairness has become a political issue in food chains, linked with topics like the unbalanced size between different contracting partners and price volatility. This problem is not going away with a slowing economy. On the contrary, the harm can even be greater. With food supply growing at a constant pace and consumer demand slowing down, bargaining power shifts further from farmers and SME processors to corporate processors and retailers.

Therefore the opportunity to examine and debate the structure of food chains and the power relations involved in food prices is a timely event before a next food crisis occurs. In particular because the commodity markets with low stock-to-use ratios are still vulnerable to undergo volatile reactions to world events, and the livelihood situation for the poor and moderately wealthy are now even more stressed than in previous food price disturbances.

What do we do about so called unfair practices in food marketing? Can fairness be defined and regulated, or is policy standing with empty hands to deal with these issues in the food chain?

De programmadetails en het inschrijfformulier vindt u op de de website van WUR/LEI.
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