The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food (IJSAF) is an official publication of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food (RC-40) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and is published under the auspices of the School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University (UK) and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University (USA).

The journal publishes theoretical and empirical articles in the general area of the sociology of agriculture and food. This includes the study of labour, production, market, policy, technology, and global and local change. Manuscripts are subject to external review before a final judgment on publication is made by the editors. The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food publishes original works. Please pass the web-site address to interested colleagues.


Current issue:

Volume 17, Issue 1 (2010)

Articles

   
Governing the Global Value Chain: GLOBALGAP and the Chilean Fresh Fruit Industry  
Author: Carmen Bain 1-23
Visiting a Farm: An Exploratory Study of the Social Construction of Animal Farming in Norway and the Netherlands Based on Sensory Perception    
Author: B.K. Boogaard, B.B. Bock, S.J. Oosting and E. Krogh 24-50  
Plantation Workers by Definition: The Changing Relevance of the ILO’s Plantations Convention    
Author: David Lincoln 51-71  
   

RC-40 Members Corner

 
Who Killed Rural Sociology? A Case Study in the Political Economy of Knowledge Production    
Author: William H. Friedland 72-88