USA: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, a project of the University of Richmond supported by the Pew Charitable Trust, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: C21643
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A Project of the University of Richmaond Supported by Pew Charitable Trusts Washington D.C., 6 pages, In September 2004 the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology conducted its third comprehensive survey of U.S. consumer sentiment about the application of genetic engineering to agriculture. Similar comprehensive surveys were previously conducted by the Initiative in January 2001 and August 2003. The first survey sought to track consumer awareness of genetically modified (GM) crops, whereas the second survey continued that tracking effort and probed related issues such as regulation of GM foods and preferred applications.
This year the Pew Initiative built on its body of knowledge about consumer sentiment by conducting focus groups as well as fielding a survey. Four focus groups were conducted in Philadelphia and Des Moines on August 25th and 26th. Observations from those groups were then used to develop a survey that both tracked the issues addressed in prior surveys by the Pew Initiative and probed some of the sentiments detected in the focus groups. The resulting survey was then administered to 1000 American consumers who were interviewed by telephone September 22-26, 2004. The margin of error for the survey is +/- 3.1% at the 95% level of confidence. The margin of error is higher for subgroups.
The combined findings from the August 2004 focus groups and the September 2004 survey are summarized below and provide a robust picture of current U.S. consumer attitudes toward GM foods and genetic engineering, why those beliefs are held, and trends in those attitudes over the last three years. In addition to this summary, the Pew Initiative is making available a transcript of the focus groups and the survey results, prepared by the firms that jointly prepared and conducted them, the Melman Group and Public Opinion Strategies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23390
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Reuters via Food Safety Network. 1 page., Reports that a consultant at the International Rice Research Institute believes opposition to genetically modified rice in Asia is likely to dissipate in the next 5 to 7 years as the region struggles to feed its growing population.
Hoban, Thomas J. (author) and Agricultural and Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
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Report
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2004-05
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International
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28740
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Posted at http://www.fao.org/es/esa. Also http://www.croplifeasia.org/ref_library/biotechnology/public_att_biotech_hoban.pdf, ESA Working Paper No. 04-09. 14 pages.
Posted on: <a href="http://www.ift.org/publications/docshop/jfs_shop/jfsindex.shtml">www.ift.org/publications/docshop/jfs_shop/jfsindex.shtml</a>, Article reviews a collection of public opinion surveys on aspects of biotechnology and its applications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23428
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From Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. 8 pages., Results of the third comprehensive survey by Pew Initiative of U.S. consumer sentiment about the application of genetic engineering in agriculture.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23805
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Press Relations Office, Cornell University. 2 pages., Study included four annual national surveys from 2003-2005 and three annual surveys of New Yorkers from 2003-2005. "Both showed a slight but significant shift over time toward a little less support and more risk perception."
