TANGERIA – Gene-editing and the Climate Response: Science, Values and Politics – INGSA Case Study
The National Agricultural Research Institute of Tangeria (NARIT) wishes to test the new varieties of super-maize and pasture grass produced by gene-editing. The institute has been promised strong financial support from TAACI who are prepared to meet 75% of the development costs. There is also interest from UN organisations that are promoting better responses to…
GONSWANA – Food insecurity and new technologies – INGSA Case Study
A research consortium including eminent experts from the National University of Gonswana recently announced that it was about to launch the final phase of its new locust control method. Using a gene editing technique, the researchers were able to alter the pheromone gene leading to the development of locust swarms. When locusts whose gene has…
MULIKAMEE – Fighting unemployment, emigration and radicalisation – INGSA Case Study
The President of Mulikamée made the fight against poverty the primary focus of her seven-year mandate. She is seeking to establish a wide-ranging policy involving various ministries (Education, Youth, Homeland Security, Economy, Science, etc.), whose main objectives are to stabilize economic growth and lower the unemployment rate. She is concerned by the rise in radicalization…
TERREMOTIA – Folk Knowledge and the Understanding of Risk – INGSA Case Study
At 4.35 am on 4 December 2016, which happened to coincide with a full moon, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck about 30 kilometres west of Mercator de Terremotia, at a relatively shallow depth. The quake was caused by movement along a previously unrecognised minor fault line that had not been mapped. The fault line lies…
NJAGALA – Youth and Social Media – INGSA Case Study
The President has instituted a 20% Over The Top (OTT) tax on those using social media platforms effective immediately. Other uses of the internet (e.g. email) are not 3 subject to this tax. The stated reason for this new tax is to increase the amount of domestic tax collected in the country so that it…
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