List of paper lead authors and co-authors Brazil Ricardo Abramovay is Professor in the Department of Economics, in the School of Economics, Administration and Accountancy (FEA), University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Coordinator of the Centre for Social and Environmental Economics (NESA), and a researcher for the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He has led the FAPESP Thematic Project on the socio- economic impacts of climate change. He is a research partner in the Rimisp led Rural Territorial Dynamics Research Programme, and a member of the Scientific Council of the “Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Montpellier”. His research is theoretically based in main contemporary currents of economic sociology including corporate social and environmental responsibility; formation of markets and quality brands; territorial development and coalitions of actors; and social and environmental public policies. Thiago Caliari is a PhD Candidate at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Verônica Lazarini Cardoso is a graduate student and assistant researcher at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Guilherme Cassel became the Honourable Minister of Agrarian Development (MDA), Brazil, in 2006. He served as the Deputy-Secretary of the Treasury for Porto Alegre, and also as Deputy Chief of Staff to the State Government of Rio Grande do Sul. He has held the posts of Secretary General of the State Government of Rio Grande do Sul and Chief of Cabinet of Vice-Governor Miguel Rossetto. From 2003 to March 2006, he held the position of Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agrarian development. A civil engineer, Guilherme Cassel undertook post graduate study in human resources and was a fiscal researcher in the Treasury of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Nelson Giordano Delgado is a Professor at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has experience in the area of economics and social sciences, with emphasis on rural issues, namely social actors, local and territorial development, farming, Brazilian agriculture and economy, public policies for rural development, political economy of the international system, international and agricultural trade regimes. He has performed consulting services for governments, NGOs, and international organisations in diverse fields, which include, in addition to those mentioned above, the experience of the World Social Forum. A graduate in economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1967), he holds a Master’s in Economics from New York University (1974), and a PhD in the Graduate Program in Social Sciences, Agriculture, and Society from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. 1 Arilson da Silva Favareto is Adjunct Professor of Economic Analysis for Science and Technology at the Federal University of ABC, linked to the Centre for Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Energy. He is an associate researcher of the Center for Citizenship and Development of the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). His research involves studies in theoretical and applied economic sociology, with the title “Socio- economics of Innovation for Sustainable Territorial Development – Technological innovations, Institutional innovations.” He has experience in research and consultancy work to government agencies, social movements and multilateral international cooperation agencies. He is the author of the book “Paradigms of rural development in question”, winner of the 5th annual Regional Policy and Planning Award. He holds a Bachelor’s in Social Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1992), Master’s in Sociology from the State University of Campinas (2001), and a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Sao Paulo (2006). Mauro Eduardo Del Grossi is a Professor at the University of Brasilia, and Advisor to the Minister of Agrarian Development, Brazil. With a PhD. in Economics, he has published two books, book chapters, and articles in scientific journals. His research topics include rural poverty, rural development, family farming, rural employment and economic diversification. Selena Herrera is a PhD candidate at Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute of Postgraduate Studies and at the Research in Engineering of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/UFRJ) – Brazil. She is a researcher of the Postgraduate Program in Development Social Sciences, Agriculture and Society of the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ) and of the Environmental Science Laboratory (LIMA/COPPE/UFRJ). She has been involved in the study of biodiesel family farm production since the beginning of the Brazilian biodiesel program. Sérgio Pereira Leite is Associate Professor of the Graduate Program in Social Sciences, Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, where he was Coordinator of CPDA and heads the Centre for Public Policy for Agriculture (OPPA). He served as visiting professor at universities in Brazil (UFLA, UFRPE, UESC) and internationally (EHESS, France, and UNS, Argentina). He provides scientific advice to funding agencies (CNPq, FAPESP, Fapemat, among others) and to NGOs (IBASE, INESC, Oxfam International) and multilateral agencies (IICA, FAO, UN). He conducts research on agrarian issues in Brazil including family farming, agrarian reform, rural settlements, modernization of agriculture, rural development, public policies for agriculture, policies to combat poverty, economic development, and social development. A Post- doctorate in Social Sciences from the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, he holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Mauro Borges Lemos is currently a Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Chairman of the Board of the Technological Park of Belo Horizonte and Director of the Centre for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR). He has experience in economics, with an emphasis on regional and urban economics and active focus on: regional development, MERCOSUR, and the agri- food system. He has a Masters degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1985) and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of London (1992). Renato Sérgio Jamil Maluf is currently Associate Professor of the Graduate Program in Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro 2 (CPDA/UFRRJ), where he coordinates the Reference Centre on Food and Nutrition Security (CERESAN) and lectures in the areas of economic theory and economic development, in addition to undergraduate courses. He undertakes research, training and cooperation in food and nutrition security, family farming, multifunctional agriculture and sustainable territorial development. He was appointed President of the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (CONSEA) in November 2007. A graduate in economics from the Methodist University of Piracicaba (1973), he holds a Masters (1976) and PhD (1988) in Economics from the State University of Campinas. He conducted post-doctoral studies at Oxford University (1996-1997), and at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris (2000-2001). Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros is currently an Associate Professor in Graduate Program of Social Sciences in Development, Agriculture and Society at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. She works from a sociological perspective on rural social movements, agrarian reform, rural settlements, public policy, agribusiness, and agrarian issues. She is at Level 1C with the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and was part of the program, Scientists of our State, of Foundation for Research Support of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) from 2003 – 2008. She is Secretary of the Latin American Rural Sociology Association (ALASRU) and holds a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences (1971), and Masters in Political Science (1983) from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a PhD in Social Sciences from the State University of Campinas (1995). Reginaldo Carmello Corrêa de Moraes is currently a Professor at the State University of Campinas. He has experience in political science with an emphasis in political theory and contemporary international relations, focusing mainly on neoliberalism, ECLAC, planning, and development theories. He graduated (1972) and obtained a Masters (1982) and a PhD (1987) in Philosophy from the University of Sao Paulo. Thiago Fonseca Morello Institute of Economic Research of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Researcher of the Social and Environmental Economics Group (NESA) of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. José Humberto Oliveira is Secretary of Territorial Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Executive Secretary of the National Council for Sustainable Rural Development (CONDRAF), Brazil. He graduated in Cooperatives from the Federal University of Paraíba and Expert in International Business from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco. He was Director of Association for Guidance to Cooperatives of the Northeast (ASSOCENE) between 1992 and 2002. He has served as a consultant to the National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (CONTAG), the Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He was founder of Semi-Arid Articulation (ASA), Brazil. Adoniram Sanches Peraci