Abstract
This project is part of a research programme that aims to develop multidisciplinary social- scientific knowledge that may play a role in developing a national policy strategy on agro- biodiversity. From the chain/network perspective this programme delivers a multidisciplinary analysis (economics/business administration, policy sciences/public administration, law) of the perspectives for strengthening the position of agro-biodiversity in the food-supply-chain. On the basis of that knowledge the programme aims to deliver an input to an optimal mix of policy instruments in a national policy strategy on agro- biodiversity. This research project is directed towards the administrative and juridical implications of agro-biodiversity. In this project two oio's work together on one integrated dissertation, although each from a specific disciplinary background. The oio with a specialization in law will map the interdependencies between actors in the food supply chain in a juridical sense. The oio with a specialization in policy sciences maps the institutional interdependencies in the food supply chain and analyses the opportunities for governance as far as institutional aspects are involved. Those opportunities are placed in an ever changing societal context. This oio especially focuses on interactive forms of governance and plays a crucial role in stakeholder analysis.
Netherlands