AEBC Consultation on What Shapes the Research Agenda?

Consultation is now closed. Thank you to those who responded.
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The Commission has become aware of a number of concerns around how decisions are made in agricultural biotechnology research, and is now undertaking a project to investigate “What shapes the research agenda?”. This consultation is an important part of our work and we would be very grateful for your views to help shape our thinking.

Please see this paper (PDF) for further information on the project and the consultation questions.

The Commission has produced an Information Summary and Analysis Paper (PDF) this is a working document that sets out our preliminary observations and analysis, but without any conclusions or recommendations at this stage. We would welcome general comments on this paper, but are particularly interested in responses to our specific consultation questions.

The information we have collated to produce this paper is documented in a Background Information paper. Many research funding organisations have already helped us with our information gathering, and the Information Paper is currently being updated to take on board the comments we have received. We would like to thank those who have contributed for their co-operation. The first draft of this paper was discussed at the AEBC meeting on 22-23 September.