The exponential increase in food safety incidents across the globe in the past decades have resulted in mushrooming regulatory initiatives, including new standards and requirements from national governments, international organizations, and private actors. The regulatory lacuna in public...

The objective of these proceedings is to examine consumer demand for quality attributes (including food safety, biotechnology-free food, organic food, etc.) in the context of a global economy and expanding international trade and the role of both private firm strategies and public policy in...

Introduction: will the revolution be institutionalized? / Amy Trauger, Priscilla Claeys and Annette Aurélie Desmarais -- States, institutions and food sovereignty -- State-led grassroots participation and Ecuador's land law / Karla Peña -- Exporting zero hunger : PAA Africa and the...