Member of the Graduate Programme: Agriculture, Society & Development, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Top ranking researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council听
Three areas of research:
- Transformations in the global agrifood system
- Innovation in agrifood
- Agrifood social movements and alternative networks
Has carried out research on a wide range of agrifood issues for major international organizations: FAO, FSC/UN, OECD, BID, ECLA, European Commission, and Johns Hopkins University
Post-doctoral studies at Santa Cruz, University, California and University of Paris XIII
PUBLICATIONS
Has published over a 150 articles, chapters and books.
From Farming to Biotechnology, (with David Goodman and Bernardo Sorj), 1987 Blackwell
The Challenges of Transforming Globalisation,听(with Laura Raynolds and Douglas Murray), 2010. Routledge
鈥淔ood Security and the Global Agrifood System. Ethical issues in historical and sociological perspective鈥�,听Food Security,听vol 7, 2015
鈥淏razil, China 鈥� the agribusiness connection in the Southern Cone鈥�, (with Junior Wesz & Anna Lopane),听Third World Thematics,听vol 1 Issue 5. 2016听
鈥淐ontested Markets: an Overview鈥�,听Antropolitica,听vol 1 , 2017
鈥淚nnovation and Disruptive Technologies in the Brazilian Agrifood Sector鈥�, (with Ruth Rama),听Syst猫mes Alimentaires/Food Systems听vol 4. 2019听
鈥淭he Brazil China Nexus in Agrifood: what is at stake in the future of the animal protein sector?鈥�, (with Fabiano Escher & Ana Garcia),听International Quarterly for Asian Studies,听July, 2022 (in press)