Ethical challenges in agriculture and food production Authors Pere Puigdomènech Centre de Recerca en Agrogenòmica, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Keywords: ethics, agriculture, food. Abstract The application of the results of research in agriculture and food production is the subject of debates that are particularly complex in Europe. It has been proposed that the essential aims of the research that will be applied to agriculture should be especially to secure access to sufficient and safe foods for current and future populations. Consideration should also be given in the debates to the need to have the best possible information while bearing in mind the conflicts of interest that may arise. Within this framework we may discuss how to make use of the enormous wealth of information that we are getting on species on which our agriculture and our animal farming are based to help to address the global challenges we are facing. We may ask ourselves about the ethical criteria that may take into account the different actors involved in these debates, such as scientists, industrialists and farmers, as well as politicians and journalists.Keywords: ethics, agriculture, food. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Pere Puigdomènech, Centre de Recerca en Agrogenòmica, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Downloads PDF (Català) Issue Vol. 67 (2016) Section Destacats de recerca License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
