Consumers’ evaluation of biotechnologically modified food products: new evidence from a meta-survey

Heß, Sebastian; Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Redekop, William; Pakseresht, Ashkan

doi:10.1093/erae/jbw011

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“…However, young people are more positive than older people, and 31% thought GM food would be necessary to feed the world in the future, while 37% did not. The survey confirms the results of a previous meta‐study finding Norwegian consumers to be among the most sceptical towards GMO (Hess et al ). In Norway there is currently a debate on how the CRISPR technology should be regulated.…”

Section: Stakeholder Opinions In the Scandinavian Countriessupporting

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Scandinavian perspectives on plant gene technology: applications, policies and progress

Eriksson

Brinch-Pedersen

Chawade

et al. 2017

Physiologia Plantarum

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Plant research and breeding has a long and successful history in the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Researchers in the region have been early in adopting plant gene technologies as they developed. This review gives a background, as well as discuss the current and future progress of plant gene technology in these four countries. Country-specific details of the regulation of genetically modified plants are described, as well as similarities and differences in the approach to regulation of novel genome-editing techniques. Also, the development of a sustainable bioeconomy may encompass the application of plant gene technology and we discuss whether or not this is reflected in current associated national strategies. In addition, country-specific information about the opinion of the public and other stakeholders on plant gene technology is presented, together with a country-wise political comparison and a discussion of the potential reciprocal influence between public opinion and the political process of policy development. The Scandinavian region is unique in several aspects, such as climate and certain agriculturally related regulations, and at the same time the region is vulnerable to changes in plant breeding investments due to the relatively small market sizes. It is therefore important to discuss the role and regulation of innovative solutions in Scandinavian plant research and breeding.

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Section: Stakeholder Opinions In the Scandinavian Countriessupporting

confidence: 88%

Scandinavian perspectives on plant gene technology: applications, policies and progress

Eriksson

Brinch-Pedersen

Chawade

et al. 2017

Physiologia Plantarum

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“…Second, while a standardized approach to define and measure food consumer evaluation and its proxy indicators (like information assessment or attitude toward product or technology) in a consistent way will improve consumer food research and its comparability (Hess et al., ; Mogendi et al., ), it requires insights into the effect of operationalization of variables, and the methods that are used to collect information on those variables. Nevertheless, based on a large database of consumer studies, one could develop a food technology evaluation model that consists of the most frequently reported variables/constructs and significant relationships, and validate and apply it to specific contexts.…”

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“…Even though these concepts clearly measure different aspects of chain actor evaluation, they are often used interchangeably (Frewer et al., ; Mogendi, De Steur, Gellynck, & Makokha, ), resulting in the need to use a more general concept. According to Hess, Lagerkvist, Redekop, and Pakseresht () and Mogendi et al. (), evaluation is that kind of comprehensive concept for chain actors’ views on new food technologies and represents indicators such as likelihood or intention to perform a behavior, perceived benefits/risks, willingness to pay, acceptance/adoption, and attitudes.…”

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What Do We Know About Chain Actors’ Evaluation of New Food Technologies? A Systematic Review of Consumer and Farmer Studies

Kamrath

Wesana

Bröring

et al. 2019

Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safe

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New food technologies, such as genetic modification, food fortification, and processing technologies, are of growing interest for future food security and safety. For ensuring successful implementation of such technologies, consumers and other food supply chain actors should embrace them. We present a systematic review to identify and compare key factors of supply chain actors’ evaluation of new food technologies. Evaluation encompasses indicators such as likelihood or intention to perform a behavior, perceived benefits/risks, willingness to pay, acceptance/adoption, and attitudes. Results from 183 studies showed several imbalances in research. Although studies mainly focused on (1) genetically modified foods, (2) by consumers, (3) in developed countries, only very few studies have targeted other food technologies, other supply chain actors such as farmers (13 studies) or processors (two studies), or developing countries (43 studies). With respect to consumers’ evaluation, key determinants were trust in institutions, information assessment, perceived risks and benefits, attitudes toward the product or technology, perceived behavioral control, quality perception of the product, and impact on health. Farmers’ evaluation of new food technologies was explained by the factors of perceived risk and benefits and of actual source of information. For the few processor evaluation studies, no convergence of factors could be reached. This systematic review contributes to a better understanding of consumers’ and farmers’ evaluation behavior and opens up avenues for future research on supply chain actors’ food technology evaluations. The differences in the conceptualization and measurement of extracted factors demonstrate the need for standardized approaches in future studies.

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“…However, a recent meta-study of 214 studies [49] suggests that consumers' attitudes toward biotechnology in the EU (including Sweden) do not differ from other regions in the world. The common view that Europeans are more negative toward GMOs results from more negatively formulated questions and a greater focus on risks and ethics in the EU surveys.…”

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The Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Views and Perceptions among Key Actors in the Swedish Food Supply Chain

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Abstract:Researchers have put forward agricultural biotechnology as one possible tool for increasing food production and making agriculture more sustainable. In this paper, it is investigated how key actors in the Swedish food supply chain perceive the concept of agricultural sustainability and the role of biotechnology in creating more sustainable agricultural production systems. Based on policy documents and semi-structured interviews with representatives of five organizations active in producing, processing and retailing food in Sweden, an attempt is made to answer the following three questions: How do key actors in the Swedish food supply chain define and operationalize the concept of agricultural sustainability? Who/what influences these organizations' sustainability policies and their respective positions on agricultural biotechnology? What are the organizations' views and perceptions of biotechnology and its possible role in creating agricultural sustainability? Based on collected data, it is concluded that, although there is a shared view of the core constituents of agricultural sustainability among the organizations, there is less explicit OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 7513 consensus on how the concept should be put into practice or what role biotechnology can play in furthering agricultural sustainability.

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Consumers’ evaluation of biotechnologically modified food products: new evidence from a meta-survey

Cited by 63 publications

References 22 publications

Scandinavian perspectives on plant gene technology: applications, policies and progress

Scandinavian perspectives on plant gene technology: applications, policies and progress

What Do We Know About Chain Actors’ Evaluation of New Food Technologies? A Systematic Review of Consumer and Farmer Studies

The Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Views and Perceptions among Key Actors in the Swedish Food Supply Chain

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