Consumer Acceptance of Genetically Modified Foods

Hardback  288 pp  ISBN 0851997473      £55.00

• Chapters are based on papers presented at meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Ravello, Italy
• Case studies cover a range of countries, including the USA, several European countries, Japan, New Zealand and Colombia

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.

Readership: Biotechnology, agricultural and food economics

Contents

PART I: STUDIES UTILIZING PRICE AND EXPENDITURE DATA
Do Agricultural commodity prices respond to GMO bans?, J L Parcell and N G Kalaitzandonakes, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Consumer acceptance and labelling of GMOs in food products: A study of fluid milk demand, K Kiesel, D Buschena and V Smith, Montana State University, USA
Consumer purchasing behaviour towards GM foods in The Netherlands, L Marks, N G Kalaitzandonakes,
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA and S Vickner, University of Kentucky, USA

PART II. STUDIES UTILIZING EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
The welfare effects of implementing mandatory GM labelling in the USA, W E Huffman, Iowa State University, USA, M Rousu, Research Triangle Park, USA, J F Shogren, University of Wyoming, USA and A Tegene, FRED, Washington, USA
Using simulated test marketing to examine purchase interest in food products that are positioned as GMO-free, M M Wolf, A Stephens and N Pedrazzi, California Polytechnic State University, USA

PART III. STUDIES UTILIZING WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY METHODS
Measuring the value of GM traits: The theory and practice of willingness-to-pay analysis, S Olubobokun and P W B Phillips, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Willingness to pay for GM food labeling in New Zealand, W Kaye-Blake, K Bicknell and C Lamb, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Contingent valuation of breakfast cereals made of non-biotech ingredients, W Moon and S Balasubramanian, Southern Illinois University, USA
A Comparative analysis of consumer acceptance of GM foods in Norway and in the USA, W D Chern, Ohio State University, USA and K Rickertsen, Agricultural University of Norway
Comparing consumer responses toward GM foods in Japan and Norway, J J McCluskey, Washington State University, USA, K M Grimsrud, University of Guelph, Canada and T I Wahl, Washington State University, USA
Willingness to pay for GM foods: Results from a public survey in the USA, H-Y Chen and W S Chern, Ohio State University, USA

PART IV. STUDIES OF CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE A Comparison of consumer attitudes towards GM food in Italy and the USA, M M Wolf, California Polytechnic State University, USA, P Bertolini, Facolta di Economia, Italy and J Parker-Garcia, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Consumer attitudes towards GM food in Ireland and the US, M M Wolf, California Polytechnic State University, USA, et al
Attitudes toward GM food in Colombia, D Pachico, CIAT, Colombia and M M Wolf, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Consumer acceptance and development perspectives of functional food in Germany, H Dustmann and H Weindlmaier, Technische Universitat, Germany
Factors explaining opposition to GMOs in France and Europe, S Bonny, INRA, France

PART V. STUDIES OF ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
Introducing novel protein foods in the EU: Economic and environmental impacts, X Zhu, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, E van Ierland, and Justus Wesseler
Consumer attitudes towards GM foods: The modelling of preference changes, C P Nielsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Economics, Denmark, et al