Given the central role of the food and agriculture system in driving so many of the connected ecological, social and economic threats and challenges we currentl

Taking as a starting point that hunger results from social exclusion and distributional inequities and that lasting, sustainable and just solutions are to be fo

Although the need to study agriculture in different parts of the world on its “own terms” has long been recognized and re-affirmed, a tendency persists to e

Modern industrial agriculture is in crisis. The dream of global abundance promised by chemical and biological technology is becoming a nightmare of health risks

Through international case studies, this book evaluates how various policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what fut