The Agri-Food System in Question: Innovations, Contestations, and New Global Players

John Wilkinson

doi:10.46692/9781529244359

The Agri-Food System in Question

Innovations, Contestations, and New Global Players

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John Wilkinson, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: April 2025
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781529244359
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529244359

Subjects:: Economics, Economics: General Interest, Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry

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Investigating climate-controlled agriculture and alternatives to animal proteins, John Wilkinson shows that trade and investment in agrifood is reorienting to the Global South. He skilfully illustrates the connections between social movements and technological innovation - and the need for consumer acceptance of new food habits.

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The Agri-Food System in Question

Innovations, Contestations, and New Global Players

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - The Agri-Food System in Question since the 1970s
pp 11-25

2 - A New Pattern of Innovation in the Agri-Food System
pp 26-44

3 - Agriculture Reaches for the Skies: Climate-Controlled Agriculture and Vertical Farming
pp 45-64

4 - Animal Protein Chains under the Spotlight
pp 65-88

5 - China: The Pivot of the Global Agri-Food System Restructuring
pp 89-106

6 - Brazil on the Wrong Side of the Tracks? Maybe Not So Much
pp 107-123

7 - Countryside–City Revisited
pp 124-137

Conclusion
pp 138-144

Notes
pp 145-151

References
pp 152-188

Index
pp 189-196

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