Jakub Jasiński, PhD in economics, is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a rural areas expert specializing in the areas of institutional economics, food policies and theories of local development. In the period of 2016-2017, as an International Expert and Consultant of the FAO, he managed a team of experts responsible for preparing analysis and reports on quality policy implementation (geographical indications, organic farming, national quality schemes etc.) in Russia, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia, Hungary, Croatia and Poland. He also worked as an agricultural counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Rome, and as a Head of Unit in the Department of Strategy and Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Warsaw.