This report examines the current and future needs for biosensors in forensic science and environmental monitoring related to food safety, drawing on interviews and participant observation with researchers and engineers, particularly in Portugal.

It explores potential applications, socioeconomic implications and the power relations shaping biosensor development and adoption, highlighting the need for inclusive, participatory approaches that account for the knowledge, needs and livelihoods of grassroots producers, workers and civil society.

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