OpenPlant Impact through Responsible Research and Innovation

The global cultivation of crops and pastures are driven by global population pressure, and are responsible for unsustainable impacts on natural environments. An overarching aim of the OpenPlant project is to provide a map of feasible technical approaches to improving bioproduction and agriculture – including studies of possible economic models, opportunities and social implications for different scenarios and current practices.

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) activities are integrated into OpenPlant through a number of cross-cutting activities. Central to this are efforts to create mechanisms for the exchange of resources and information by developing enabling tools for sharing, developing open resources such as DNA parts collections and shared protocols, and building a global community for plant synthetic biology.

OpenPlant conducts Responsible Research and Innovation through global interdisciplinary exchange, public engagement and open sharing; activities in these areas are captured in the following workpackages:

• Annual funding round to support small-scale interdisciplinary grants (Workpackage K)

• Outreach activities, training and tools for open exchange of materials in biotechnology (Workpackage L)

Moreover, OpenPlant R&D catalyzes commercial development of scientific innovations to support the development of an equitable and sustainable bioeconomy. In addition, Openplant’s research, tools and technologies are captured in publications and open resources, and have a direct impact on global scientific progress.

Areas of Impact

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