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Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Attitudes: An Attempt to Explain the Mismatch between Experience and Perception

Aerni, Philipp (2015). Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Attitudes: An Attempt to Explain the Mismatch between Experience and Perception. In: Watson, Ronald Ross; Preedy, Victor R. Genetically Modified Organisms in Food Production, Safety, Regulation and Public Health. London: Elsevier, 149-158.

Abstract

The main barriers to maximize the benefits and minimize the risk of modern agricultural biotechnology for society and the environment are not technical but regulatory in nature. Preventive regulation of agricultural biotechnology must be understood as a policy response to public rather than scientific concerns about the development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. But measuring "public concern" is not an accurate science. Views voiced about GMOs are largely influenced by stakeholders who frame the public debate in the mass media. In this chapter, we discuss the endogeneous character of public attitude formation toward agricultural biothechnology and how stakeholders manage to shape a public narrative on the risks and benefits of GMOs. We conclude that the analysis of stakeholder interests may better help explain ongoing public opposition toward GMOs than different survey methodologies used to capture public attitudes.

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Contributors:Levy Nikki
Item Type:Book Section, not_refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Life Sciences > General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Health Sciences > General Medicine
Language:English
Date:1 September 2015
Deposited On:02 Sep 2015 14:28
Last Modified:07 May 2025 03:38
Publisher:Elsevier
ISBN:978-0-12-802259-7
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802259-7.00014-2
Related URLs:http://www.ccrs.uzh.ch (Author)

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