Future‐proofing crop production to meet the societies needs

Baekelandt, Alexandra; Parry, M. A. J.

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“…Efforts to de-regulate NGTs is seen as a “backdoor” to de-regulation of transgenic crops (a concern attested to in Green European reports) [ 50 ]. Despite recognition that plant breeding should align with societal needs see [ 51 ] specific crop improvement aims, such as improving photosynthesis, could be judged superfluous where improving other outcomes–extreme poverty, for example–are seen to offer viable alternative strategies to meet social need over crop improvement. Previous research has identified that stakeholders in the food and farming community prefer plant breeding solutions when a lack of suitable alternatives exist to particular problems they face [ 52 ].…”

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New genomic techniques, old divides: Stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

Menary,

Fuller

2024

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The European Union and United Kingdom are in the process of establishing new regulation regarding the use of new genomic techniques in crop and animal breeding. As part of this process, consultations have been launched to understand the views of stakeholders towards the use of new genomic techniques in plant and animal breeding. The responsible research and innovation framework emphasises the importance of dialogue between technology developers and stakeholders, including the public, but what are the opinions of stakeholders towards the regulation of NGTs in Europe and do they view these consultations as opportunities to engage with technology governance? We conducted semi-structured interviews with experts from a range of agri-food stakeholder groups in the European Union and United Kingdom to understand current attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation, how they viewed the process of consultation in both places and what influence they felt they had in shaping regulations. We found that the discussion is similar in both EU and UK, with predictable and fixed opinions determined by attitudes towards the perceived risks associated with direct mutagenesis. Both UK and EU consultations were considered to have the same weaknesses and stakeholders discussed a desire for more dialogic forms of engagement. We highlight several options for new forms of involvement in biotechnology regulation by exploring relevant responsible research and innovation literature.

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New genomic techniques, old divides: Stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

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2024

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“…Despite recognition that plant breeding should align with societal needs (see Baekelandt & Parry, 2023) specific crop improvement aims, such as improving photosynthesis, could be judged superfluous where improving other outcomes -extreme poverty, for example -are seen to offer viable alternative strategies to meet social need over crop improvement. Previous research has identified that stakeholders in the food and farming community prefer plant breeding solutions when a lack of suitable alternatives exist to particular problems they face (Stetkiewicz et al, 2023).…”

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New genomic techniques, old divides: stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

Menary

Fuller

2023

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The European Union and United Kingdom are in the process of establishing new regulation regarding the use of new genomic techniques in crop and animal breeding. As part of this process, consultations have been launched to understand the views of stakeholders and the wider public towards the use of new genomic techniques in plant and animal breeding. The responsible research and innovation framework emphasises the importance of dialogue between technology developers and stakeholders, including the public, but what are the opinions of stakeholders towards the regulation of NGTs in Europe and do they view these consultations as opportunities to engage with technology governance? We conducted semi-structured interviews with experts from a range of agri-food stakeholder groups in the European Union and United Kingdom to understand current attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation, how they viewed the process of consultation in both places and what influence they felt they had in shaping regulations. We found that the discussion is similar in both EU and UK, with predictable and fixed opinions determined by attitudes towards the perceived risks associated with direct mutagenesis. Both UK and EU consultations were considered to have the same weaknesses and stakeholders discussed a desire for more dialogic forms of engagement. We highlight several options for new forms of involvement in biotechnology regulation by exploring relevant responsible research and innovation literature.

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Future‐proofing crop production to meet the societies needs

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New genomic techniques, old divides: Stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

New genomic techniques, old divides: Stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

New genomic techniques, old divides: stakeholder attitudes towards new biotechnology regulation in the EU and UK

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