Awareness and attitudes towards the emerging use of nanotechnology in the agri-food sector

Drivers for the Adoption of Different Eco-Innovation Types in the Fertilizer Sector: A Review

“…Information can be seen as important precursor for innovation adoption. That goes in line with many publications for this particular type of innovation [68,69,74,[79][80][81]84,[109][110][111][113][114][115]. One source of information could be agricultural events such as field days, exhibitions and trade fairs, seminars or workshops [113].…”

“…That could also mean to shift certain cultivars to better fitted areas making agricultural environments more specialized (e.g., [78,83]). One publication estimated the influence of nanotechnologies on the fertilizer use and production [84].…”

“…One major driver mentioned as important by almost all publications is the quality of support [68,69,73,74,79,81,84,[109][110][111][112][113][114][115]. Reichardt et al [68] declared that farmers need more information about the different farming tools and more training opportunities as well as a better advisory service.…”

“…More publications can be found for the variable expectations. Batte and Arnold [73], Marra et al [61], Adrian et al [75], Aubert et al [79], Tey and Brindal [57], Busse et al [74] and Handford et al [84] all declare that farmers with high expectations are more willing to adopt new technologies. Disruptive innovations of other types are mostly orbiting around conserve or precision farming practices.…”

Recycling and Elimination of Wastes obtained from Agriculture by using Nanotechnology: Nanosensors

“…However, despite these actions, it is difficult to know how widespread the application of nanotechnology is in the agri-food sector because there is limited research on the industry's actual awareness of nanotechnology or how it is being applied. So, that, several uncertain factors relating to health and safety, indicates that the incorporation of nanomaterials into food products and packagings may present an entire new array of risks for consumers [46].In the present, there is little regulation regarding nanotechnologies or nanoproducts [47]. There are a few government agencies from different countries have established regulatory frameworks for the use of nanotechnology; these are extensive enough to cover agri-food applications [48].…”