Sergio Schneider is Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He holds a degree in Social Sciences, Master and PhD in Sociology. His main research interest are sociology of food, agrarian and rural development, family farming and rural policies. He is a CNPq Scholar PQ1B and was visiting fellow in Cardiff University, 2008, Wageningen University, 2012, City London University, 2015. Is current Visiting Fellow at Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions (MAKIT, 2023) in France and teach Development Theories at COHD-CAU/China. He was president of the Brazilian Society of Economics and Rural Sociology (SOBER, 2011-2013) and Vice of the Latin American Association of Rural Sociology (ALASRU, 2014-2018). schneide@ufrgs.br – ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-6732 Bio/CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9374550818298328