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Responsible Innovation for Life: Five Challenges Agriculture Offers for Responsible Innovation in Agriculture and Food, and the Necessity of an Ethics of Innovation

Bart Gremmen, Vincent Blok, Bernice Bovenkerk · 2019 · Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Summary. This paper examines how Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) can be applied to agriculture and food systems. The authors argue that agricultural innovation must balance economic, environmental, and social-ethical concerns, including animal welfare and food security. They identify five key challenges for implementing RRI in agriculture and call for ethical reflection on responsibility and innovation practices in the sector.

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Gremmen, B., Blok, V., & Bovenkerk, B.. (2019). Responsible Innovation for Life: Five Challenges Agriculture Offers for Responsible Innovation in Agriculture and Food, and the Necessity of an Ethics of Innovation. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-019-09808-w

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DOI
10.1007/s10806-019-09808-w
Countries
European Union
Categories
food-systems, innovation-theory, policy
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2026-04-28