Corporations have been driving industrialization and fighting fiercly for their market share for decades. But today the global food system is b eing rapidly monopolised by ever-fewer\, ever-larger corporations at every stage of the food chain\, posing high risks to consumer choice\, jobs\, w orking conditions and regional food supply. Fewer and fewer corporations a re deciding on an increasing share of food production worldwide\, illustra tes the “Agrifood Atlas 2017”\, a compilation of analyzes\, facts and figu res on the agricultural industry\, published by the Heinrich Böll Foundati on.
\nThis concentration in the agricultural sector endangers the Un ited Nations Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015. It calls for g reater regulation in the agri-food sector to end the impunity of the corpo rations and the huge environmental and climate damage as well as global in justice and violations of human rights.
\nThe conference will stimul ate a broad-based social debate on this vital topic and highlight the lega l potential for citizens to take action against the system.
\nThe ne w report comes as the European Commission faces a crunch decision on wheth er to authorise the potential Bayer-Monsanto mega-merger\, and after Agricult ure Commissioner Phil Hogan’s announced intention to rein in supermarkets’ o utsize buying power.
\nAbout Barbara Unmüßig
\nBarbara Unmüßig has been the President of the Heinrich Böll Foundatio
n since 2002. She is responsible for its strategy and programme developmen
t in Latin America\, Africa\, Asia\, the Middle East\, and for the Gunda W
erner Institute for Feminism and Gender Democracy. Her work focuses on iss
ues of globalisation and international climate policy\, national and inter
national gender policy\, and the promotion of democracy and conflict preve
ntion. She also chairs the jury of the Anne-Klein-Women’s Award. Her numer
ous contributions to periodicals and books have covered global governance\
, international environmental issues\, gender policy and the issue of shri
nking and closing spaces for civil society. In her most recent book she an
d her co-authors Lili Fuhr and Thomas Fatheuer formulated a critique of th
e Green Economy.
Free entry/ conference in English\, debat
e multilingual. Please reserve your seat at campagne@astm.lu
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This event is part of the campaign N
o corporate impunity -Droits humains avant profit:
www.nocorporateimpunity.or