Public perception of new plant breeding techniques and the psychosocial determinants of acceptance: A systematic review.

Advancements in New Plant Breeding Techniques have emerged as promising tools for enhancing crop productivity, quality, and resilience in the face of global challenges, such as climate change and food security. However, the successful implementation of these techniques relies also on public acceptance of this innovation. Understanding what shapes public perception and acceptance of New Plant Breeding Techniques is crucial for effective science communication, policymaking, and the sustainable adoption of these innovations. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize existing research on the public perception of New Plant Breeding Techniques applied to food crops and explore the psychosocial determinants that influence acceptance. Twenty papers published between 2015 and 2023 were included on various New Plant Breeding Techniques and their reception by the general public. Determinants affecting the acceptance of food crops derived from New Plant Breeding Techniques were categorized into six areas: sociodemographic factors, perceived benefits and risks, attitudes toward science, communication strategies, personal values, and product characteristics.

Direito de excluir oud ever de acolher? A migração forçada como questão ética / A right to exclude or a duty to welcome? Forced migration as an ethical issue

O primeiro objetivo deste trabalho é analisar se e em que sentido a resposta, especificamente europeia, à crise migratória de 2015 pode ser considerada antiética. A fim de aprofundar este ponto, vamos examinar o Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM), que desde 2005 constitui o framework geral da UE no que tange às migrações e às políticas de asilo. O segundo objetivo é tentar justificar uma ética da imigração, argumentando em favor da tese de que cuidar dos refugiados é um valor fundamental para a cidadania e uma contribuição à justiça social.(AU)

The first aim of this paper is to examine if and why the European reaction to the migration crisis of 2015 can be considered anti-ethical. In order to argue this, the paper discusses the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM), which since 2005 has been the EU's overall framework for migration and asylum policies. The second aim of the paper is to justify that an ethics of migration is possible, arguing in favor of the thesis that caring for refugees is a fundamental value for citizenship and a contribution to social justice.(AU)

The category of "métissage”: status quaestionis / A categoria da miscigenação: o status quaestionis

As a process of encounter and fusion of different cultures, métissage has always accompanied human history. In this history of blendings there have been, obviously, some crucial moments: the discovery of the New World and- more generally, the time of colonialism is undoubtedly emblematic. In spite of all paranoid delusions of purity, the fact of métissage demonstrates thet persons and cultures are originally and intrinsically mixed. Are we then destined to na anarchic fusion of differences, to an infinite patchwork of identities? How can métissages contribute to democratic cohabitation?(AU)

A miscigenação sempre acompanhou a história humana, sendo ela um processo de encontro e fusão de diferentes culturas. Nesta história de misturas, há obviamente alguns momentos cruciais: o descobrimento do Novo Mundo e – de modo mais geral, a época do colonialismo é, sem dúvidas, emblemático. Ao invés de todos os delírios paranóicos de pureza, o fato da miscigenação demonstra que pessoas e culturas são original e intrinsecamente misturadas. Estamos então destinados a uma fusão anárquica das diferenças, a uma infinita multiplicidade de identidades? Como a miscigenação pode contribuir para uma convivência democrática?(AU)