FAO pointed to industrial concentration in report on the meat chain in Paraguay

According to information accessed by Valor Agro, the study highlighted the existing industrial concentration in Paraguay, marked by the main meatpacking companies operating in the country. The FAO shared a series of key messages to the main public and private actors in the chain, which Valor Agro was able to access. Among them, the FAO indicated that "the level of transmission between export prices and producer prices is incomplete, slow, and asymmetric." At the same time, it emphasized that "the reduction in export prices is transmitted rapidly, while increases are transmitted slowly and partially." In the conclusions, the FAO identified that "improving the level of price transmission is fundamental for producers and consumers to respond efficiently to market signals." Therefore, it considered that "an institutional articulation between public and private actors is required around a shared vision on how to improve the efficiency level of the chain." According to data from ...