From fishery to fork: Food safety and sustainability in the ‘virtual’ knowledge-based bio-economy (KBBE)

Science as Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-495

  Ponte, Stefano ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food safety; Knowledge Based Bio Economy (KBBE); Performativity; Sustainability; Virtualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652329     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430902873983     Document Type: Article

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