Future Impacts of Biotechnology on Agriculture, Food Production and Food Processing

Menrad, Klaus; Agrafiotis, Demosthenes; Enzing, Christien; Lemkow, Louis; Terragni, Fabio

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-52474-5

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“…This evidently shows that foresight can also be used to identify the cases in which there is consensus and in which conflict potentials are especially high (Menrad et al 1999). The results were especially interesting because in this conflicting area, no consensus between the different opinion groups could be observed.…”

Section: Policy Effects and Limits Of Policy Makingmentioning

confidence: 93%

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the Future

Meissner¹,

Гохберг²,

Sokolov³

2013

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Section: Policy Effects and Limits Of Policy Makingmentioning

confidence: 93%

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the Future

Meissner¹,

Гохберг²,

Sokolov³

2013

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“…In spite of extensive use of the Delphi technique in a number of applications, it does not seem to have been used much in the realms of agricultural policy. However, Fearne (1986) used Delphi and a panel of experts to assess the most influential factors in the evolution of the CAP; and Menrad et al. (1999) applied the method to forecasting future trends in biotechnology in the EU.…”

Section: The Delphi Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Determinants of CAP Reform: A Delphi Survey of Key Decision‐Makers*

Cunha

Swinbank

2009

J of Common Market Studies

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A panel of key decision-makers, closely involved in the 1992, 1999 and 2003 CAP reforms, participated in a Delphi survey designed to ascertain what had prompted the European Commission to launch these reform initiatives and what factors were relevant in determining the reform packages subsequently decided by the Council. Copyright (c) 2009 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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“…Since, then a swarm of important studies have been carried out using this technique to assess the socio-economic, techno-economic impact of evolving frontiers of S&T, energy sector, agro-biotech sectors etc. [28][29][30].…”

Section: Potential Pathwaysmentioning

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Exploring the Future of Synthetic Biology in India and its Probable Pathways from Infancy to Maturity

Singh¹,

Dhar²

2013

Curr Synthetic Sys Biol

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Synthetic biology is an engineering inspired approach for ground-up construction of biological systems leading to a preferred phenotypic outcome. Given that the rules of constructing biological systems are unknown, the synthetic biology approach of constructing a genome or pathways or networks is a novel effort and merits careful assessment. Though synthetic biology has made rapid strides in the US and Europe, in India the field is at an early stage. This Delphi study explores the institutional structure and investment scenarios of the evolving Indian Synthetic Biology sector. Comparisons are drawn with the global initiatives with a hope to identify probable future pathways. Here we have attempted to make a general assessment of the field using publications, patents, venture capital sources, legal provisions and a direct community opinion. This is the first Delphi study on synthetic biology in India and attempts to present various synthetic biology sub-domains. The study has potential to help policy makers and scientists on governing, prioritising, planning and funding of the sector and choosing the relevant research themes. The key challenge of governance, accountability and social inclusion vis-à-vis this sector is important in the context of emerging situation in the country. The accuracy of the predictions is dependent upon respondents understanding of synthetic biology, technological breakthroughs, observational and experimental errors both in pre and post-facto scenarios of this exercise. Though interesting observations have been made in this work, there is a need to regularly conduct such studies in India and forecast the evolution of the field in future.

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Future Impacts of Biotechnology on Agriculture, Food Production and Food Processing

Cited by 13 publications

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the Future

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for the Future

Exploring the Determinants of CAP Reform: A Delphi Survey of Key Decision‐Makers*

Exploring the Future of Synthetic Biology in India and its Probable Pathways from Infancy to Maturity

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