Cambridge Academic

Cambridge Academic

English

'To stress the importance of this collective book, I would like to use the words of President John F. Kennedy who, in his Remarks at the Opening Session of the World Food Congress (June 4, 1963), paraphrased the idea of another President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt, who '… at the launching of the first World Food Congress, declared that freedom from want and freedom from fear go hand in hand, and that is true today'. The relevance of food and its value chains, not merely at a national level but at a global one, is in the public eyes and this relevance is increasing year by year. Therefore, it is thanks to practical and technical works, such as Global Food Value Chains and Competition Law, that we can clearly understand the actual and future trends of a sector that have the utmost importance on the life of each single living being.' Ettore Maria Lombardi, Professor of Private Law, University of Florence