TY - JOUR
T1 - Gaining Acceptance of Novel Plant Breeding Technologies
AU - Anders, Sven
AU - Cowling, Wallace
AU - Pareek, Ashwani
AU - Gupta, Kapuganti Jagadis
AU - Singla-Pareek, Sneh L.
AU - Foyer, Christine H.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Ensuring the sustainability of agriculture under climate change has led to a surge in alternative strategies for crop improvement. Advances in integrated crop breeding, social acceptance, and farm-level adoption are crucial to address future challenges to food security. Societal acceptance can be slow when consumers do not see the need for innovation or immediate benefits. We consider how best to address the issue of social licence and harmonised governance for novel gene technologies in plant breeding. In addition, we highlight optimised breeding strategies that will enable long-term genetic gains to be achieved. Promoted by harmonised global policy change, innovative plant breeding can realise high and sustainable productivity together with enhanced nutritional traits.
AB - Ensuring the sustainability of agriculture under climate change has led to a surge in alternative strategies for crop improvement. Advances in integrated crop breeding, social acceptance, and farm-level adoption are crucial to address future challenges to food security. Societal acceptance can be slow when consumers do not see the need for innovation or immediate benefits. We consider how best to address the issue of social licence and harmonised governance for novel gene technologies in plant breeding. In addition, we highlight optimised breeding strategies that will enable long-term genetic gains to be achieved. Promoted by harmonised global policy change, innovative plant breeding can realise high and sustainable productivity together with enhanced nutritional traits.
KW - agrifood systems
KW - climate change policies
KW - CRISPR
KW - crop production
KW - optimised breeding strategies
KW - plant breeding
KW - social licence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105470546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33893048
AN - SCOPUS:85105470546
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 26
SP - 575
EP - 587
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
IS - 6
ER -