NGTs in Society: Consumer and Business Stakeholder Acceptance of NGT-derived Biobased Products
Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026 | Time: 14:30–15:30 CET | Location: Online
The EU Horizon "Detective" programme aims to develop and disseminate detection methods for foods produced using new genomic techniques (NGT).
This second webinar in the NGTs Community of Practice (CoP) Series focusses on understanding how consumers and business stakeholders perceive NGT-derived biobased products.
Speaker: Prof. Ján Pokrivčák, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, part of the GeneBEcon project
This webinar will present evidence-based insights and foster discussion on:
- Consumer acceptance of NGT-derived biobased products, drawing results from a quantitative survey conducted across 5.000 consumers in five European countries.
- Business stakeholder perspectives, based on findings from an EU-level qualitative focus group exploring industry interest in adopting NGT-derived biobased products.
Who should join the CoP & attend the webinar?
Policymakers, laboratory experts, plant or animal breeders, food/feed industry representatives, researchers.
Note: Joining the NGTs Community of Practice is required to be able to register for this free webinar.
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