Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China
The debate about the safety of genetically modified (GM) food has attracted public attention in concurrence with the rapid development of agricultural biotechnology. This paper examines the consumers' perceptions on the safety of GM food in China. Based on a unique survey dataset, this study sh...
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| description | The debate about the safety of genetically modified (GM) food has attracted public attention in concurrence with the rapid development of agricultural biotechnology. This paper examines the consumers' perceptions on the safety of GM food in China. Based on a unique survey dataset, this study shows that consumers in urban China have significantly changed their perceptions on GM food safety. The percentage of consumers who perceived such food as unsafe for consumption increased by more than 30% in the 2002–2012 period. Approximately half of the consumers did not have an opinion on this issue. Major shifts have been occurred after 2010, likely because of the increasing influence of negative media reports on GM technology in recent years. Several individual and household's characteristics are shown to significantly affect consumers' perceptions on GM food safety, such as gender, education, food allergy experience and resident city size. The paper concludes with policy implications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79e0ced7f0b9468c8e7db12f5178f4522022-12-21T20:25:05ZengElsevierJournal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192015-11-01141123912400Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban ChinaJi-kun HUANG0Bo-wen PENG1Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China; Correspondence HUANG Ji-kun, Tel: +86-10-64889440, Fax: +86-10-64856533Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R.China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R.ChinaThe debate about the safety of genetically modified (GM) food has attracted public attention in concurrence with the rapid development of agricultural biotechnology. This paper examines the consumers' perceptions on the safety of GM food in China. Based on a unique survey dataset, this study shows that consumers in urban China have significantly changed their perceptions on GM food safety. The percentage of consumers who perceived such food as unsafe for consumption increased by more than 30% in the 2002–2012 period. Approximately half of the consumers did not have an opinion on this issue. Major shifts have been occurred after 2010, likely because of the increasing influence of negative media reports on GM technology in recent years. Several individual and household's characteristics are shown to significantly affect consumers' perceptions on GM food safety, such as gender, education, food allergy experience and resident city size. The paper concludes with policy implications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209531191561125Xfood safetyGM foodurban Chinaconsumersperception |
| spellingShingle | Ji-kun HUANG Bo-wen PENG Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China Journal of Integrative Agriculture food safety GM food urban China consumers perception |
| title | Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China |
| title_full | Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China |
| title_fullStr | Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China |
| title_short | Consumers' perceptions on GM food safety in urban China |
| title_sort | consumers perceptions on gm food safety in urban china |
| topic | food safety GM food urban China consumers perception |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209531191561125X |
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