Kateřina Ciampi Stančová is Scientific Officer at the European Commission, DG JRC in Sevilla, Spain. Her research agenda revolves around cross-sectoral topics such as R&I, smart specialisation, innovation in agri-food, collaboration in quadruple helix, mutual learning, transnational and transregional cooperation, as well as social innovation.  Alessio Cavicchi is Associate Professor in Agribusiness at University of Macerata, Italy. His main fields of interest and research are consumer food choice, economics of food quality and safety, and innovation and sustainability in agribusiness and tourism. He has served as an agri-food expert for several DGs of the European Commission, and he is the coordinator of two EU Erasmus+ funded projects: “The Wine Lab” and “FoodBiz.”

• Chapter 1 - Food: innovation and diversification paths.- Chapter 2 - EU policies and instruments to support the agri-food sector.- Chapter 3 - Smart Specialisation and the agri-food system.- Chapter 4 - The Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-food.- Chapter 5 - Policy recommendations and conclusions.