Promoting Ethically Responsible Use of Agricultural Biotechnology

Antoine L. Harfouche*, Vasiliki Petousi, Richard Meilan, Jeremy Sweet, Tomasz Twardowski, Arie Altman

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Abstract

Growing global demands for food, bioenergy, and specialty products, along with the threat posed by various environmental changes, present substantial challenges for agricultural production. Agricultural biotechnology offers a promising avenue for meeting these challenges; however, ethical and sociocultural concerns must first be addressed, to ensure widespread public trust and uptake. To be effective, we need to develop solutions that are ethically responsible, socially responsive, relevant to people of different cultural and social backgrounds, and conveyed to the public in a convincing and straightforward manner. Here, we highlight how ethical approaches, principled decision-making strategies, citizen-stakeholder participation, effective science communication, and bioethics education should be used to guide responsible use of agricultural biotechnology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)546-559
Number of pages14
JournalTrends in Plant Science
Volume26
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

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Keywords

  • bioethics education
  • ethical reasoning
  • plant biotechnology
  • public and political engagement
  • responsible research and innovation
  • science communication

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