Responsible Innovation - Solutions for Agri

Developing a framework
for responsible innovation in the Mediterranean
perspective: the case of –omics sciences
Anagnostis Argiriou
Institute of Applied Biosciences | CERTH
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Responsible Innovation
“A transparent, interactive process by which societal actors and innovators
become mutually responsive to each other with a view to the (ethical)
acceptability, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation
process and its marketable products (in order to allow a proper embedding
of scientific and technological advances in our society).”
von Schomberg, R., 2011
“Responsible innovation means taking care of the future through collective
stewardship of science and innovation in the present.”
J. Stilgoe et al., 2013
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Innovation drivers
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Social
Economic
Technology
Environmental
Policy
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Challenges and Aims
Water
Sustainability
Food
Security
Environment
Development
Energy
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Population in the Mediterranean
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Water deficiency
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Agriculture and population trends
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Food price in the Mediterranean countries
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Need to increase sustainable development in the Mediterranean area
Access to food and
healthier society
Food
insecurity
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Lack of
knowledge
on epidemic
diseases
(diabetes,
cancer etc)
and alien
species
invasion
Achieve sustainable
economic growth and
competiveness
Need to
develop
innovative
materials,
products,
processes &
technologies
Need to
develop long
term energy
prospect
based on
alternative &
renewable
energies
High pressure on
resources and high
output rates
Inefficient
use and
management
of natural
resources
(Water,
biodiversity
etc)
Need to
improve risk
managemen
t in relation
to natural
hazards (ex.
Drought)
High
pressure on
marine ecosytem
Conserve and Exploit Biodiversity
Blue Growth for food, feed and pharmaceuticals
Local heritage
Social responsibility
Innovative cooperation
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Weak governance
research system
Weak
participator
y research
Inadequate
resource
availability
and
allocation
Weak
competitive
research to
enable
innovation
Low
capacity of
research
up-take
Low level of
internationa
l
cooperation
on research
A role for every region: Smart specialization
Smart Specialization strategy to take into account local characteristics
and generate growth.
• In some places the process is quite evident
– high density of innovators and
– entrepreneurs (usually core-cities).
• Much harder in other regions
– low population,
– a small number of sectors
– large dominant firms
• Identify sectors that can achieve critical mass
• Connectivity: Smart Specialization should link emerging knowledge
based industries to other actors within and outside the region
• Integration of policies at regional level
• Identify areas and technologies able to boost innovation
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Genomics
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Sequenced Genomes
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METAGENOMICS
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Specialized food products to satisfy the
needs of targeted groups
Grouped
Population
General
Population
Individualized
Nephropathy
Now
Future
Diabetes
IBD
Children
x mean
General Nutrition
Generic Foods
Specialized Nutrition
Specific Foods
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Personalized Nutrition
Customized Foods
Huge amount of Information
• Need for Computer Infrastructures able to deal with big biodata (Computational biology, bioinformatics etc)
• Ethical Challenges in Genomics Research for the legal and social
implications of human genomics
• But also Ethical Challenges for other organisms
– What about plant and animal genetic modifications
– Genomic driven selection in animals and plants
• Information that demands for responsible innovation
Responsible innovation
• Access to the knowledge
– Open access to databases
– Continue support and training on innovative
technologies for the researchers
– A distributed network of coaching experts for small
farms in rural areas
• Access to infrastructures
– Why not a Distributed Mediterranean Open network of
-omics infrastructures?
• Target: to secure food, water resources and
rural development
SMEs
Suppliers
R&D
Service providers
Industry
Users, associations
Agri-Food Chain
AgriSupplies
Seeds
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Breeds
Genetic
improvement
Primary
production
Agriculture
methods
Technologies
Precise
agriculture
Alien species
Transformation
Harvesting
Transformation
Conservation
Packaging
Energy
consumption
Waste
Quality control
Traceabilty
Trade
Marketing
services
Branding
Logistics
Traceability
-omic technologies and sciences
Consumption
Consumer
needs
Tourism
Restauration
Quality control
Traceability
The PRIMA we go the better we will achieve
Anagnostis Argiriou INAB | CERTH
THANK YOU
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