IPES Food latest work presents an clear picture of the concentration of power in most segments of the agri-food system, where just a few corporate players dominate markets.
According to the report, there are several mechanisms that keep this trend in place in the food system, including the possibilities that large corporations have to:
- Gaining ‘market power’ through consolidation
- Using economic dominance to exercise political power
- Shaping scientific research and popular discourse through sponsorship and their
- Shaping trade and investment treaties and agreements
Large corporations have undue influence over global food governance, undermining people’s abilities to engage with food systems on their own terms and eroding their human rights
Recommendation for addressing power imbalances in the food system governance
The report concludes with a series of reccomendations listed in teh figure below
The report is accessible here
