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"Madam President, less than a month ago we saw the publication of the Agricultural Markets Task Force report on enhancing the position of farmers in the supply chain. That report correctly cited farmers as the main shock—absorbers in volatile markets. Now before Parliament we have a report that denies exactly that.
The control by corporate market forces over agricultural prices is the main source of volatility, yet this report would see the problem being the solution: mutual funds, private insurance schemes and increased competitiveness on third markets are all cited as tools to stabilise farming incomes and reduce farm debt. Farmers, who are price takers and not price makers, stand to be swallowed up by a system that pushes private institutions to deal with the agricultural crisis. I believe that if we support this report we will be doing a huge disservice to our farmers and to the communities that depend on them."@en1
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