Course on Food & Argicultural Standards

Agrifood Nanotechnology

Third Party Certification

What is Agrifood Nanotechnology?
Technical, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions. Presentations from a session at the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006

Publications
Publications in green are downloadable

  • An Issues Landscape for Nanotechnology Standards: Report of a Workshop

  • Universities in the Age of Corporate Science

  • Konefal, Jason and Busch, Lawrence. 2006. The Changing Structure of Agriculture: Non-genetically Modified Corn and Soybeans in the 21st Century.

  • Stone, John V. 2006. Roots to Branches: Anthropology and the Human Dimensions of Nanotechnology. Practicing Anthropology 28(2): 31-37.

  • Stone, John V., and Amy K. Wolfe. 2006. Introduction to Nanotechnology in Society: Atlas in Wonderland? Practicing Anthropology 28(2): 2-5.

  • Lawrence Busch, Deepa Thiagarajan, Maki Hatanaka, Carmen Bain, Luis G. Flores and Mark Frahm. "The Relationship of Third-Party Certification (TPC) to Sanitary/Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures and the International Agri-Food Trade: Final Report" RAISE SPS Global Analytical Report #9, December 2005 - Prepared for USAID under RAISE Task Order 14, "Assistance for Trade Capacity Building in Relation to the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures".

  • Codron J.M.; Giraud Heraud, E.; Soler, L.G. (2005).- Minimum Quality Standards, Premium Private Labels, and European Meat and Fresh Produce Retailing. - Food Policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, June 2005, Pages 270-283.

  • Hatanaka, Maki, Carmen Bain, and Lawrence Busch. Forthcoming. “Differentiated Standardization, Standardized Differentiation: the Complexity of the Global Agrifood System.” In T. Marsden and J. Murdoch (Eds.) Between the Local and the Global: Confronting Complexity in the Contemporary Food Sector.

  • Codron, J-M, L. Siriex, T. Reardon. Forthcoming 2006. “Social and Environmental Attributes of Food Products in an Emerging Mass Market: Challenges of Signaling and Consumer Perception with European Illustrations,” Agriculture and Human Values, 23 (2), Summer. final version accepted April 2005.


  • Neven, D., T. Reardon, J. Chege, and H. Wang. Forthcoming 2006. “Supermarkets and Consumers in Africa: The case of Nairobi, Kenya,” Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing. 18 (3). Final version accepted February 2005.

  • Hatanaka, Maki, Carmen Bain, and Lawrence Busch. 2005. “Third-Party Certification in the Global Agrifood System.” Food Policy 30 (3): 354-369.

  • Hatanaka, Maki, Deepa Thiagarajan, and Lawrence Busch. 2005. The Relationship of Third-Party Certification to Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures and the International Agri-food Trade: Case Study: Indonesia . Washington D.C.: US Agency for International Development.

  • Hatanaka, Maki, Deepa Thiagarajan, and Lawrence Busch. 2005. The Relationship of Third-Party Certification to Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures and the International Agri-food Trade: Third-Party Certification Bodies Interview Report . Washington D.C.: US Agency for International Development.

  • Tanaka, K. 2005 “American Public’s Reponses to BSE Crisis.” Agriculture and Economy, December: forthcoming (Japanese). Invited manuscript to be published in the special issue on “Issues surrounding Reopening of Beef Import: Will Science be Used Effectively?”


  • Tanaka, K. 2005. “Redefining the Moral Responsibilities for Food Safety: The Case of Red Meat in New Zealand.” Rural Sociology, 70(4): forthcoming.

  • Bingen, J. and L. Busch, eds.. 2005. Agricultural Standards: The Shape Of The Global Food And Fiber System. Dordrecht: Springer.


  • C. Bain, B. Deaton, and L. Busch. 2005. “Agricultural and Food Standards,” In V. Higgins and G. Lawrence, eds. Agricultural Governance. Boston: Routledge, forthcoming.

  • Wright, W., E. Ransom, and K. Tanaka. 2005. “Constructing Confidence: The ‘All-American Meal’ and the United States’ Case of BSE.” Journal of Illness, Crisis and Loss, 13(1): 95-115.


  • Mainville, D.Y., D. Zylbersztajn, E. Farina, and T. Reardon. 2005. “Determinants of Retailers’ Decisions to Use Public or Private Grades and Standards: Evidence from the Fresh Produce Market of São Paulo, Brazil,” Food Policy. (30) 3.


  • Berdegué, J.A., F. Balsevich, L. Flores, and T. Reardon. 2005. “Central American Supermarkets’ Private Standards of Quality and Safety in Procurement of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,” Food Policy, (30) 3.


  • Reardon, T., J.A. Berdegué, and C. P. Timmer. 2005. Supermarketization of the Emerging Markets of the Pacific Rim: Development and Trade Implications, Journal of Food Distribution Research, 36 (1), March: 3-12.


  • Henson, S. and T. Reardon. 2005. “Private Agri-food Standards: Implications for Food Policy and the Agri-food Systems,” Food Policy. (30) 3.


  • Henson, S. and T. Reardon (eds.) 2005. Special Issue on “Private Agrifood Standards in Developing Countries,” Food Policy. (30)3.


  • Busch, L. and J. Bingen. 2005. “Standards and Standardization,” Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, forthcoming.


  • Bain, C. and L. Busch, 2005. “The Limits of Audits,” Pp. 141-145 in Hide or Confide, Gertjan Hofsteade, ed. Amsterdam: Reed Business Information.


  • Jasanoff, S., R. Grove-White, L. Busch, B. Wynne, and D. Winickoff. 2005. “Adjudicating the GM Food Wars: Science, Risk, and Democracy in World Trade Law.” The Yale Journal of International Law. 30 (1): 81-123.


  • Farina, E.M.M.Q., G.E. Gutman, P.J. Lavarello, R. Nunes, and T. Reardon. 2005, “Private and Public Milk Standards in Argentina and Brazil,” Food Policy, (30) 3.

  • Hatanaka, Maki, Deepa Thiagarajan, and Lawrence Busch. 2004. The Relationship of Third-Party Certification to Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures and the International Agri-food Trade: Third-Party Certification Bodies Profile Report . Washington D.C.: US Agency for International Development.


  • Busch, L. and C. Bain. 2004. “New! Improved? The Transformation of the Global Agrifood System.” Rural Sociology. 69(3): 321-346.


  • Reardon, T. 2004. “The Importance of Being Earnest – How Supermarkets Are Reshaping Farmer Opportunities and Challenges in Developing Country Agrifood Systems,” LAC Trade Matters, published by USAID/Washington, No. 35, November.


  • Gale, F. and T. Reardon. 2004. “China’s Modernizing Supermarket Sector Presents Major Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exporters,” AgExporter, published by USDA, November.

  • Reardon, T., C.P. Timmer, J. Berdegue. 2004. “The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Induced Organizational, Institutional, and Technological Change in Agrifood Systems,” Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics – e-JADE, published by FAO), October, volume 1, number 2.


  • Codron J.M, Bouhsina Z, Fort F, Coudel E and E Puech (2004). "Supermarkets in Low Income Mediterranean Countries: Impacts on Horticultural Systems," Development Policy Review (GBR), vol. 22, n° 5, 2004/09, pp 587-602.

  • Reardon, T. and J.F.M. Swinnen. 2004. “Agrifood Sector Liberalization and the Rise of Supermarkets in Former State-Controlled Economies: A Comparative Overview,” Development Policy Review (GBR) , vol. 22, no. 5, September: 515-23.


  • Hu, D., F. Fuller, and T. Reardon. 2004. “The Impact of the Rapid Development of Supermarkets on the Dairy Industry of China,” Zhongguo Nongcun Jingji (Chinese Rural Economy), 7 (235): 12-18.


  • Hu, D., T. Reardon, S. Rozelle, P. Timmer, H. Wang. 2004. “The Emergence of Supermarkets with Chinese Characteristics: Challenges and Opportunities for China’s Agricultural Development,” Development Policy Review, vol. 22, no. 4, Sept.: 557-86.


  • Reardon, T. and J. Swinnen (eds.) 2004. Policy Symposium (Special section set of articles) on “Supermarkets and Development in Former State-Controlled Economies.” Development Policy Review, 22(5), September.


  • Dries, L., T. Reardon, and J. Swinnen. 2004. “The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for the Agrifood Sector and Rural Development,” Development Policy Review, vol. 22, no. 5, September: 525-56.


  • Busch, L. 2004. “The Social Construction of Food Safety.” Pp. 163-178 in M. E. Lien and B. Nerlich, eds. (2004) The Politics of Food. Oxford: Berg.


  • Bain, C. and L. Busch, 2004. Standards and Strategies in the Michigan Blueberry Industry. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Report 585.


  • Neven, D. and T. Reardon. 2004. “The Rise of Kenyan Supermarkets and Evolution of their Horticulture Product Procurement Systems,” Development Policy Review, 22(6) November: 669-699.


  • Busch, L.; Allison, R.; Harris, C.; Rudy, A.; Shaw, B.; Ten Eyck, T.; Coppin, D.; Konefal, J.; Oliver, C. 2004. External Review of the Collaborative Research Agreement between Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute, Inc. and the Regents of the University of California. East Lansing: Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards, Michigan State University, July 13.


  • Tanaka, K. and L. Busch. 2003. “Standardization as a Means for Globalizing a Commodity: The Case of Rapeseed in China.” Rural Sociology. 68(1): 25-45.


  • Weatherspoon, D. and T. Reardon. 2003. “Supermarkets in Sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities for agrifood suppliers.” Africa Regional Overview, Q2/2003: Lead article. London: The Economist Intelligence Unit: 1-6.


  • Reardon, T., C.P. Timmer, C.B. Barrett, J. Berdegue. 2003. “The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (5), December: 1140-1146.


  • Balsevich, F., J.A. Berdegue, L. Flores, D. Mainville, and T. Reardon. 2003. “Supermarkets and Produce Quality and Safety Standards in Latin America,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (5), December: 1147-1154.


  • Weatherspoon, D.D and T. Reardon. 2003. “The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa: implications for agrifood systems and the rural poor,” Development Policy Review, May, 21(3): 333-355.


  • Hu, D., Yu, H., and T. Reardon. 2003. "Sale and Consumers' Buying Behavior of Fresh Agricultural Products in Supermarkets in China," ,” Zhongguo Nongcun Jingji (Chinese Rural Economy),, 8(224).


  • Busch, L. 2003. “Klasser og Standarder I den Sosiale Konstruksjonen av Trygg Mat.” Pp. 219-238 in Marit S. Haugen and Egil Petter Stræte, eds. Ut I Verden Og Inn I Bygda: Festskrift til Reidar Almås. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag.


  • Yamaguchi, T., C. Harris, and L. Busch. 2003. "Agrifood Biotechnology Discourse in India", Science, Technology, and Society 8(1): 47-72.


  • Codron, J.-M., J.A. Sterns, and T. Reardon. 2003. Strategic Choices in Produce Marketing: Issues of Compatible Use and Exclusion Costs," Journal of Food Distribution Research, 33(3) November: 1-13.


  • Busch, L. 2003. “Virgil, Viligence, and Voice,” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 16: 459-477.


  • Sterns, P. and T. Reardon. 2002. "Determinants and Effects of Institutional Change: A Case Study of Dry Beans Grades and Standards." Journal of Economic Issues. 36 (1): 1-16.


  • Reardon, T. and J.A. Berdegué. 2002. The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for Development,” Development Policy Review, 20 (4), September: 317-34.


  • Faiguenbaum, S., J.A. Berdegue, and T. Reardon. 2002. “The Rise of Supermarkets in Chile: Effects on Producers in the Horticulture, Dairy, and Beef Chains”, Development Policy Review, 20(4), September.


  • Reardon, T., J.A. Berdegue, and J. Farrington. 2002. “Supermarkets and Farming in Latin America: pointing directions for elsewhere?” ODI Natural Resource Perspectives, 81(6).


  • Reardon, T. and E.M.M.Q. Farina. 2002. “The Rise of Private Food Quality and Safety Standards: Illustrations from Brazil,” International Food and Agricultural Management Review (4): 413-421.


  • Aust-Sterns, P. and T. Reardon. 2002. “Determinants and Effects of Institutional Change: A Case Study of Dry Bean Grades and Standards,” Journal of Economic Issues, (36)1: 1-16.


  • Middendorf, G., E. Ransom, and L. Busch. 2002. “Current Issues in Agricultural Science and Technology Policy.” In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Oxford, UK: UNESCO and EOLSS Publishers.


  • Reardon, T. and J. Berdegue (eds.). 2002. Special issue on “The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America,” Development Policy Review 20(4), September.


  • Busch, L. 2002. “Agribusiness and Market Linkages.” Pp. 19-20 in H. A. Freeman, D. D. Rohrbach, and C. Ackello-Ogutu, eds. Targeting Agricultural Research for Development in the Semi-Arid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa. Nairobi: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.


  • Busch, L. 2002. "The Implications of Global Standards for National Agricultural Research," in D. Bigman (ed.), Globalization and the Developing Countries:Emerging Strategies for Agricultural Development and Economic Growth . London: CABI, forthcoming.


  • Busch, L. 2002. "The Homeletics of Risk," Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 15: 17-29.


  • Busch, L. 2002. “Agricultural Sciences and Technology,” Pp. 333-337 in N. J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Oxford: Pergamon Press.


  • Salazar, M. and L. Busch. 2001. Standards and Strategies in the Michigan Potato Industry. East Lansing: Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Report 576.


  • Busch, L. 2001. “Témerité Américaine et Prudence Européenne?” La Recherche. 339 (Februrary): 19-23. (Also published in Spanish as “Los Americanos y la Comunidad Europea,” Mundo Científico 222: 29-34.)


  • Busch, L. 2001. "Témerité Américaine et Prudence Européenne?" La Recherche. 339 (Februrary): 19-23. (Also published in Spanish as "Los Americanos y la Comunidad Europea," Mundo Científico 222: 29-34.)


  • Markets, Rights and Equity: Food and Agricultural Standards in a shrinking World - Recommendations from an International Workshop.


  • Codron, J-M., Sterns, P., and L. Busch. 2000. "Questions de Normes Agro-Alimentaires dans le Contexte de Globalisation," Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales. 55-56: 45-51.


  • Busch, L. "Grades and Standards in the Social Construction of Safe Food." Invited paper presented at a conference on the Social Construction of Safe Food, Trondheim, Norway, 1997.


  • Busch, L., R. James Bingen, C. Harris and T. Reardon. "Standards and Appellations." Invited paper presented at the Salone del Gusto, Torino, Italy, November 9, 1998.


  • Busch, L. 2000. "The Moral Economy of Grades and Standards," Journal of Rural Studies, 16:273-283.


    • USAID Slide Presentation.