Biotechnology in agriculture: The perception of farmers on the inclusion of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agricultural production

Nathalie, Hamine Panzarini; Eloiza, Aparecida Silva de Avila Matos; Priscila, Arcoverde Wosiack; Juliana, Vitoria Messias Bittencourt

doi:10.5897/ajar2014.9323

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“…Of late, consumer resistance has also been identified as a major constraint to GM crop production by farmers. 33 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPR) have been developed to counter such negative sentiments associated with a genetically modified organism. This is due to the fact that they are easier to design and implement, have a higher success rate, are more versatile and less expensive compared to the genetically modified organisms and other new breeding techniques(NBTs) such as zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs).…”

Section: Producer Acceptance Of Gm Productsmentioning

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A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Asindu

2020

GM Crops & Food

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Banana is an important livelihood source for more than 12 million smallholder farmers in Uganda. Despite this contribution, its productivity continues to decline due to Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW). Cultural practices have been deployed to effectively control BXW but require a continuous and timely application, thus, prompting scientists to develop genetically modified (GM) bananas which display BXW resistance or tolerance. With prospects for commercialization of these GM bananas on the agenda, this paper applied a Contingent Valuation Method to assess producer acceptance of GM banana suckers among 233 banana producing households. Results show that producers were willing to pay between Ugandan shillings (UGX) 1100 to 1700 (US$0.28-0.44) per GM banana sucker Annual demand for GM banana suckers ranged from 70 to 82 million suckers. The results suggest that, in the event of not commercializing BXW-resistant GM bananas, Uganda loses an annual revenue ranging from UGX 76 to 139 billion (US$ 19.51 to 35.70 million).

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Section: Producer Acceptance Of Gm Productsmentioning

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A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Asindu

2020

GM Crops & Food

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Scaling Banana Bacterial Wilt Management Through Single Diseased Stem Removal in the Great Lakes Region

Kikulwe¹,

Asindu²,

Ocimati³

et al. 2022

Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations

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Xanthomonas wilt (XW) of banana caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm) is an important emerging and non-curable infectious disease which can cause up to 100% yield loss. At the start of the XW epidemic, complete uprooting of diseased mats (CMU) was recommended. There was little adoption of CMU, especially by women farmers, because it was labor-intensive and it sacrificed banana production for up to 2 years. CMU assumed that infection on a single plant would systemically spread to all plants in a mat. However, field experiments showed that Xvm did not spread systemically in a mat and that latent infections occurred. As a result, not all shoots on an infected plant show symptoms. This led to the idea of removing only the visibly infected banana plants, referred to as single diseased stem removal (SDSR). The SDSR package comprises three innovations: (1) regularly cutting symptomatic stems at ground level, (2) sterilizing cutting tools with fire, and (3) early male bud removal using a forked stick. The SDSR package was promoted jointly with a set of complementary practices: (i) avoiding infections by browsing animals, (ii) using clean planting materials, (iii) bending leaves at the petiole level when intercropping in infected fields, (iv) training on disease recognition and epidemiology, and (v) demand-specific extension and knowledge sharing. Several approaches that have been used for scaling out XW management technologies are documented in this chapter. This review looks at the process, practices, challenges, lessons learned, and future policy implications associated with scaling of XW management practices.

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Advances in Genetic Engineering for Higher Production and Quality Improvement of Food and Beverages

Sheikha

2018

Innovations in Technologies for Fermented Food and Beverage Industries

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Biotechnology in agriculture: The perception of farmers on the inclusion of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agricultural production

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda

A contingent valuation analysis for assessing the market for genetically modified planting materials among banana producing households in Uganda

Scaling Banana Bacterial Wilt Management Through Single Diseased Stem Removal in the Great Lakes Region

Advances in Genetic Engineering for Higher Production and Quality Improvement of Food and Beverages

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