A new book, Contested Agronomy, by FAC members Jim Sumberg and John Thompson, will be published in March by Earthscan (Routledge). It's part of the STEPS Centre's Pathways to Sustainability book series.

The dramatic increases in food prices experienced over the last four years, and their effects of hunger and food insecurity, as well as human-induced climate change and its implications for agriculture, food production and food security, are key topics within the field of agronomy and agricultural research.

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World addresses these issues by exploring key developments since the mid-1970s. The book focuses in particular on the emergence of the neoliberal project and the rise of the participation and environmental agendas, taking into consideration how these have had profound impacts on the practice of[...]

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