Survey data are presented on opinions about agricultural biotechnology and its application held by agricultural science faculty at highly ranked programs in the United States with and without personal involvement in biotechnology-oriented research. Findings prompt authors to argue that where even experts are divided, public opposition cannot reasonably be attributed to poor public understanding or sensationalistic media accounts.
Online via UI Library electronic suscription., Using Farmers Weekly as a data source, authors identified four main discourses of farmer acceptance of, and resistance to, quality assurnce schemes; and discourses which construct a particular representation of consumers.
Barbour, Bruce (author), Govindasamy, Ramu (author), Italia, John (author), Decongelio, Marc (author), Anderson, Karen (author), and Rutgers State University
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2000-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27430
Notes:
Posted at http://dafre.rutgers.edu/documents/ramu/organicproduction.pdf
Ueland, Oydis (author), Lahteenmaki, Liisa (author), Grunert, Klaus G. (author), Nielsen, Niels A. (author), Poulson, Jacob B. (author), Astrom, Annika (author), and The MAPP Centre, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2000-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 165 Document Number: C27552
Notes:
MAPP Working Paper Number 72., Abstract of a 105-page research report.
