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Title:
Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods
Publication Information:
Wallingford Oxon, UK : CABI Publishing, 2004
Physical Description:
xiv, 235 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780851997476

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In recent years there have been increasing concerns about the potential health risks of genetically modified foods. Consumer perceptions vary between countries, but are probably most pronounced in Europe and least in North America. These have had a profound and controversial effect on the development of markets for GM products.This book presents a compilation of studies of consumer acceptance of GM foods. These studies utilized different methods and evidence including: price and expenditure data; experimental methods; "willingness to pay"; consumer attitudes; and economic consequences.


Author Notes

R. E. Evenson, Yale University. V. Santaniello, University of Rome.


Table of Contents

Part I Studies Utilizing Price And Expenditure Data
Do Agricultural commodity prices respond to GMO bans?
Consumer acceptance and labelling of GMOs in food products: A study of fluid milk demand
Consumer purchasing behaviour towards GM foods in The Netherlands
Part II Studies Utilizing Experimental Methods
The welfare effects of implementing mandatory GM labelling in the USA
Using simulated test marketing to examine purchase interest in food products that are positioned as GMO-free
Part III Studies Utilizing Willingness-To-Pay Methods
Measuring the value of GM traits: The theory and practice of willingness-to-pay analysis
Willingness to pay for GM food labeling in New Zealand
Contingent valuation of breakfast cereals made of non-biotech ingredients
A Comparative analysis of consumer acceptance of GM foods in Norway and in the USA
Comparing consumer responses toward GM foods in Japan and Norway
Willingness to pay for GM foods: Results from a public survey in the USA
Part IV Studies Of Consumer Acceptance
A Comparison of consumer attitudes towards GM food in Italy and the USA
Consumer attitudes towards GM food in Ireland and the US
Attitudes toward GM food in Colombia
Consumer acceptance and development perspectives of functional food in Germany
Factors explaining opposition to GMOs in France and Europe
Part V Studies Of Economic Consequences
Introducing novel protein foods in the EU: Economic and environmental impacts
Consumer attitudes towards GM foods: The modelling of preference changes