Member of the Graduate Programme: Agriculture, Society & Development, Rural Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Top ranking researcher of the Brazilian National Research Council
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, (with Laura Raynolds and Douglas Murray), 2010. Routledge
“Food Security and the Global Agrifood System. Ethical issues in historical and sociological perspective”, Food Security, vol 7, 2015
“Brazil, China – the agribusiness connection in the Southern Cone”, (with Junior Wesz & Anna Lopane), Third World Thematics, vol 1 Issue 5. 2016
“Contested Markets: an Overview”, Antropolitica, vol 1 , 2017
“Innovation and Disruptive Technologies in the Brazilian Agrifood Sector”, (with Ruth Rama), Systèmes Alimentaires/Food Systems vol 4. 2019
“The Brazil China Nexus in Agrifood: what is at stake in the future of the animal protein sector?”, (with Fabiano Escher & Ana Garcia), International Quarterly for Asian Studies, July, 2022 (in press)