MEPs are quizzing EU farm policy chief Phil Hogan today on the Commission's latest aid package to help EU farmers cope with falling prices.
High input costs and Russian embargo on the imports of EU foodstuffs are also being discussed.
They will also assess the effectiveness of the 2015 package to tackle the crisis and debate ways to ensure fair incomes for farmers and help them to become more resilient to future market shocks.
Hogan said recently many links are 'currently broken' in the food supply chain.
"Prices are currently very low and it is difficult to produce under these circumstances.
"EU food chain faces many opportunities but also many challenges.
"Globalisation, which can benefit us from a trade point of view, can also have the negative effect of concentrating bargaining power in the hands of the food processing and retail sectors
"For this reason, we need to work together to improve the functioning of the food chain.
"This is a responsibility we must take seriously."
He said many important trade opportunities had been opened but also exposed the food chain to greater market instability and volatility.
"We have lately seen this effect, in particular in the dairy and pigmeat sectors.
"The role and position of farmers in the supply chain continues to be of great concern to me."
