Antonio Márcio Buainain He has a degree in Law (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro) and Economics (Faculty of Political and Economic Sciences of Rio de Janeiro), with a specialization in Political Economy (Birkbeck College, University of London), a master's degree in Economics and Sociology (Federal University de Pernambuco) and a PhD in Economics (Unicamp Institute of Economics). He is a professor at the Institute of Economics (IE) at Unicamp, senior researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Public Policies, Strategies and Development (INCT/PPED), at the Study Group on Organization of Research and Innovation (GEOPI), linked to the Geosciences Institute (IG) at Unicamp, and the Center for Agricultural Economics and the Environment (NEA), linked to IE. Among the books he edited, “The rural world in Brazil in the 21st Century: the formation of a new agricultural and agrarian standard” stands out, released in 2014, and which has already become a reference work on the development of agriculture and of the Brazilian rural world. In 2015 he co-edited the book “Intellectual Property and Innovations in Agriculture”, winner of 2nd place in the 55th Jabuti Award in the Economy, Administration, Business, Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure category.