Oxfam: "We need more transparency towards consumers"

«I have no chance to discuss the price of my fruit. And last year I didn't even bring home the peach production costs. " This was told by a fruit grower from Cuneo who in an (anonymous) video message at the Food Journalism Festival told about the critical issues and uncertainties of payments, which always reach him 6/8 months later. "Competition with other manufacturers must be fair - he added - and with the same rules. Starting with those of developing countries ". His was one of the speeches in the panel «The contrast to unfair practices in food», hosted on 21 February at the Food Journalism Festival. Among the speakers also Dino massignani, director of «Riserva San Massimo». They produce the authentic Carnaroli Rice but «currently the price of Carnaroli is 37 euros per quintal ». A price that is too low for those who produce it, which carries various consequences. Among other speakers she intervened Giorgia Ceccarelli of Oxfam Italia (an international confederation of non-profit organizations dedicated to reducing global poverty) who spoke of the fight against the hired corporal focusing on the importance of the work behind each food product.

Ceccarelli spoke with the public on the increasingly necessary law to limit below cost and double-discount auctions, and on the need to immediately start a very broad consultation process to implement the European directive against unfair commercial practices. Last point he highlighted: "we need more transparency towards consumers - he said -: in our "At the right price" campaign we often involved our consumers, and according to a latest survey we found that 3 out of 4 consumers are willing to buy products without worker exploitation regardless of their price, but 8 out of 10 declare that they have no ability to exercise their conscious choice. 94% consider it important to be able to know at least for the Made in Italy agricultural products what the price is given to the agricultural sector ».