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2. Citizens’ attitudes and perceptions towards genetically modified food in Chile: Special emphasis in CRISPR technology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tadich, Tamara (author) and Escobar-Aguirre, Sebastian (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-21
- Published:
- International: Austral Unviersity Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12555
- Journal Title:
- Austral Journal of Veterinary Science
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 54 (3)
- Notes:
- 12 pages, To date, there has been an increase in genome modification biotechnologies that improve production and food security but the process has not been accompanied by the delivery of information about them intended for citizens. This is essential considering that to achieve better health, food security and sustainability these biotechnologies need to be incorporated into production systems. This study aimed to explore perceptions and attitudes of Chilean citizens towards the use of genome modifications with an emphasis on transgenes and genome editing (CRISPR). An electronic questionnaire was applied, and afterwards the results were analysed through descriptive statistics, GLM, Spearman’s correlation and Wilcoxon Signed Rank test. A total of 702 questionnaires were analysed. High awareness of concepts such as transgenic and cloning was reported with CRISPR being the least known term. Most respondents perceived negative effects on health regarding the consumption of genetically modified products, with women having a significantly more negative attitude. Still, a high willingness to use CRISPR for improving animal and human health was reported. When comparing vegetable and animal products that underwent CRISPR or transgenes, the willingness to consume these products was higher for vegetables. The results show that changes in perception can be achieved after providing the definition of CRISPR and transgenic, therefore, consumer education seems to be essential. Science communication focused on making information about genome modification biotechnologies available to citizens could promote more positive attitudes and perceptions and facilitate their future implementation in the country.
3. Disaster, risk or opportunity? A ten-country comparison of themes in coverage of the IPCC AR5
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Painter, James (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08852
- Notes:
- Pages 109-128 in Kunelius, Risto Eide, Elisabeth Tegelberg, Matthew Yagodin, Dmitry (eds.), Media and global climate knowledge: journalism and the IPCC. United States: Palgrave Macmillan, New York City, New York. 309 pages.
4. Quantifying the health effect of information on pollution levels in Chile
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hellman, Kelly (author) and Mullins, Jamie (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-30
- Published:
- Chile
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09229
- Notes:
- Research paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 1, 2017. 15 pages.
5. Quantifying the health effect of information on pollution levels in Chile
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hellman, Kelly (author) and Mullins, Jamie (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2017-07-30
- Published:
- Chile
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09424
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 1, 2017. 15 pages., Evidence of reduced mortality when public notices are provided about spikes in air pollution.
6. Recent additions to the SEA-Extension Repository - International 1980
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrn, Darcie (author)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1980
- Published:
- USA: SEA-Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08733
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Directory of citations, organized by country. 22 pages.
7. Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Bianqui, Vanina (author), and Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Brasil
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Language:
- Portuguese and English
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03
- Published:
- Brazil: Redalyc
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10933
- Journal Title:
- Ciência Rural
- Journal Title Details:
- 44(3) : 575-581
- Notes:
- 6 pages, via online journal, In order to design and implement public policies in the context of rural development, information tends to be gathered about family farming in different Latin American countries. In contrast, scarce attention has been given to the description of rural extensionists, who are the ones supporting family farming in the fi eld. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted between 2010 and 2012 including surveys to rural extensions working in 10 different Latin American countries, this allowing for a preliminary description of the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The samples were incidental ranging from 19 (Bolivia) to 220 (Argentina) subjects, this implying that they were not representative. Significant statistical differences were found with regards to the sex, age, experience, level of education and university degree of the samples pertaining to the different countries. In average, most extensionists are men (70.1%), age 40.3 and have little more than 11 years of experience as extensionists. Brazilian practitioners surveyed are the oldest, most educated and experienced among the different samples. In general, most extensionists have a technical background and are agricultural engineers. The Uruguayan sample showed the highest percentage of extensionists coming from the area of social sciences.