ABSTRACT
This chapter develops a framework for GM crops by using the anticipation-inclusion-reflexivity-responsiveness (AIRR) responsible innovation framework. It explains the research effort done in GM crops, with the aim of moving it with their governance and their potential contribution to agricultural sustainability. The crop science community tend to appreciate that GM crops have the potential to influence the environment, and that they are released into the environment as part of an ecosystem that is subject to multiple interactions; otherwise, why is the regulatory system there to protect the environment and human health. The chapter explores the methods of foresight, technology assessment, horizon scanning or scenario planning and also the conditions in which GM crops contributes to agricultural sustainability. It offers a prospect of developing socially acceptable scientific innovation for agricultural sustainability for the cultural, societal, ethical and political economy dimensions.
