Stakeholders for transparency

Stakeholders for transparency involve a diverse group, making it apparent that any transparency solution would need to build on a balanced consideration of different transparency interests.The consideration of stakeholders needs to take into account the stakeholders at the different stages of the food value chain. This encompasses a broad range of enterprises engaged as suppliers to farms, as farms, as enterprises in processing and trade or retail, and consumers as the final customer in the chain. The situation is further aggravated by the dynamics in trade relationships that constitute an open network scenario with changing trade relationships due to variations in the quantity and quality of agricultural production.There is general agreement that information for reaching transparency may involve details of economic (including food quality aspects), environmental (including carbon emissions and similar aspects), social (including food safety aspects), and ethical concerns (including fair trade or animal welfare aspects). Differences between stakeholders focus interests within these domains, the appreciation of the domains, and communication to customers.