The Agri-Food System in Question
Innovations, Contestations, and New Global Players
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2024
206 pages
978-1-5292-4434-2 (ISBN)
Description
To mitigate climate, biodiversity, and public health crises, the global agrifood system needs radical change. The Global North remains central to agrifood innovation but new players in the South, especially Brazil and China, will increasingly determine its pace and direction.
Investigating climate-controlled agriculture and alternatives to animal proteins, John Wilkinson shows that trade, investment, and innovation in agrifood is reorienting to the South. As the global population becomes increasingly urban, he skilfully illustrates the connections between social movements and technological innovation - and the need for consumer acceptance of new food habits.
Investigating climate-controlled agriculture and alternatives to animal proteins, John Wilkinson shows that trade, investment, and innovation in agrifood is reorienting to the South. As the global population becomes increasingly urban, he skilfully illustrates the connections between social movements and technological innovation - and the need for consumer acceptance of new food habits.
Reviews / Votes
"This is an essential book for both scholars and practitioners looking to understand the dynamic changes currently taking place in global agri-food and their effects on climate change." Ruth Rama, National Research Council of Spain (CSIC)More details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white
File size
0,62 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-4434-2 (9781529244342)
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Person
John Wilkinson is Professor at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Visiting Professor at the Federal Technology University of Parana and Distinguished Lecturer and External Examiner to the American University of Rome.
Content
Introduction
1. The Agri-Food System in Question since the 1970s
2. A New Pattern of Innovation in the Agri-Food System
3. Agriculture Reaches for the Skies: Climate-Controlled Agriculture and Vertical Farming
4. Animal Protein Chains under the Spotlight
5. China: The Pivot of the Global Agri-Food System Restructuring
6. Brazil on the Wrong Side of the Tracks? Maybe Not So Much
7. Countryside-City Revisited
Conclusion
1. The Agri-Food System in Question since the 1970s
2. A New Pattern of Innovation in the Agri-Food System
3. Agriculture Reaches for the Skies: Climate-Controlled Agriculture and Vertical Farming
4. Animal Protein Chains under the Spotlight
5. China: The Pivot of the Global Agri-Food System Restructuring
6. Brazil on the Wrong Side of the Tracks? Maybe Not So Much
7. Countryside-City Revisited
Conclusion
