Inhalt: | Introduction: Key social challenges in agricultural innovation -- Intellectual property regimes and their impact on agricultural research and development -- Non-proprietary science and agricultural innovation -- Distributing research attention -- Agricultural innovation and commutative justice: balancing fair rewards and adequate access -- Contributive justice: on the importance of inclusive agricultural innovation -- Intergenerational justice and science for long-term agricultural sustainability -- Procedural justice -- Restorative justice -- Conclusion -- in favour of multifunctionality of agriculture. Employing a social justice framework, this book examines the effects of innovation incentives and policies in agriculture. It addresses access to the objects of innovation, the direction of science and the type of innovations that are available, opportunities to participate in research and development, as well as effects on future generations. The book examines the potential value of preventive and reconciliatory measures, drawing on concepts from procedural and restorative justice. As such it offers a comprehensive analysis of the main social justice dimensions affected by agricultural innovation. It gives academics and policy analysts an extensive overview of the deep impact of innovation on society and the environment, and the expectations the general public has from the scientific community |
