Carolyn Raab and Deana GrobeOregon State University A statewide survey assessed Oregon voters reasons for supporting or opposing a November 2002 ballot measure requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. Of the 499 who voted on the measure, 34% supported labeling and…
Janet Grice, M.K. Wegener, L.M. Romanach, and S. PatonThe University of QueenslandP. Bonaventura and S. GarradBSES Limited Current community attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) plants are quite negative, with the sugar industry having appar- ently accepted the view that sugar from genetically…
Israel Huygen, Michele Veeman, and Mel LerohlUniversity of Alberta Modern agricultural biotechnology is leading to the creation of supply chains involving identity preservation of genetically mod- ified (GM) and non-GM crops. Cost differences are estimated for three selected supply chain systems for…
Susan Fritz and Dann HusmannUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnGary Wingenbach and Tracy RutherfordTexas A&M UniversityValerie Egger and Preeti WadhwaUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln To be successful both domestically and internationally, biotech- nology must establish an acceptable position in the sociopoliti- cal framework. This United States (US)…
John T. Lang, Karen M. O’Neill, and William K. HallmanRutgers University Experts typically presume to speak with authority about complex concerns, such as agricultural biotechnology. Research indi- cates, however, that the effectiveness of risk communication depends on perceptions about the trustworthiness of…
Michael S. Finke and Heaseon KimUniversity of Missouri-Columbia; Sunchon National University, Korea A recent survey of American and Korean undergraduate stu- dents yielded some notable differences in attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) foods. Although the majority of both groups were concerned about…
Craig A. Bond, Colin A. Carter, and Y. Hossein FarzinDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis This paper gives estimates of the potential profitability of herbi- cide-tolerant (HT) rice cultivation in the Sacramento Valley region of California. We estimate first-year returns…
