The increasing diversity of food networks and initiatives has given rise to a variety of
analyses and approaches among which the literature on “Alternative Food Networks”(AFN) …

Transitioning toward more sustainable agricultural development paths requires extensive
change and not simply marginal technical adjustments, as suggested by a strong conception …

Reconfiguration of power relations is crucial to transformations in agro-food systems. In this
paper, we propose a conceptual basis for understanding this relation, building on the …

Food retailers are powerful actors of the agro-industrial food system. They exert strong lock-
in effects that hinder transitions towards more sustainable agri-food systems. Indeed, their …

The contribution of the multi-level perspective (MLP) to study transition dynamics is widely
recognized. MLP involves examining interactions between three socio-technical levels …

The article analyses the Brazilian soy value chains using a justice-based, multi-scale
approach following the international debate on just transition to sustainable and healthy …

Agroecology has come a long way. In the past ten years, it has reappeared in France
throughout the agricultural sector and is now included in public and private strategies and in …

This article presents a methodological approach for the location, characterisation and
prospects of multifunctional agrifood systems territorialised on the Spanish State …

In this paper, we analyze intermediary work in the context of sustainability transitions in
relation to what we call the “environmental paradox”. While sustainability transitions are …

Building on recent scholarship in the sociology of food, Claire Lamine uses in-depth case
studies from France and Brazil to compile a critical survey of social science approaches to …