Genetically engineered crops and responsible innovation

Bibliographic Data

ID15736186
AuthorsJustin B Biddle (0000-0002-8149-5759, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume4
Issue1
Pages24-42
Publication date2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Responsible Innovation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2329-9037 • E-ISSN: 2329-9460
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23299460.2017.1287522
OpenAlexW2588508481
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited27

The current debate over genetically engineered (GE) crops is framed as an evaluation of GE crops as a class. This paper is an attempt to reframe the debate by focusing on the question of what responsible research and innovation (RRI) in agricultural biotechnology would look like. With regard to the ethics of agricultural technology, the most important question that we should be asking is not whether a technology is GE, but whether it is responsibly designed. I discuss a report by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission in order to propose guidelines for RRI in agricultural technology, and I illustrate the possibility of RRI in agricultural biotechnology by discussing a public–private partnership, the Water Efficient Maize for Africa Project. I conclude by examining the implications of this argument for debates over the ethics of agricultural technologies more generally

Agricultural biotechnology · Agriculture · Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Cognitive reframing · Economics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · European commission · European union · General partnership · Genetically engineered · International trade · Political science · Responsible Research and Innovation · Biotechnology and Related Fields · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Law · Biotechnology

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