Research on Consumer’s Willingness to Accept Genetically Modified Foods

Anchoring Effects on Consumers’ Willingness-to-Pay and Willingness-to-Accept

Genetically modified foods, science, consumers and the media.

In contrast to the situation in the USA, where a wide range of genetically modified (GM) foods is available, in Europe very few GM products have been approved for marketing as foods, and there is widespread public concern about their safety and environmental impact. The marketing of a GM crop for food use in Europe falls under the EC novel foods regulations, and applications require the submiss...

Willingness-to-accept and purchase genetically modified rice with high folate content in Shanxi Province, China.

Neural-tube defects (NTDs) are considered to be the most common congenital malformations. As Shanxi Province, a poor region in the North of China, has one of the highest reported prevalence rates of NTDs in the world, folate fortification of rice is an excellent alternative to low intake of folate acid pills in this region. This paper investigates the relations between socio-demographic indicat...

Research on genetically modified foods: double standards of transparency.

In Canada, there has been a significant increase in the production and consumption of genetically modified foods such as canola, corn and soya. More than 10.4 million hectares of Canadian land are now used to grow genetically modified organisms.1 Yet, there is still much debate concerning the risks of eating genetically modified foods. Séralini and his colleagues2 published a highly publicized ...

Awareness, acceptance of and willingness to buy genetically modified foods in Urban China.

There is concern about the extent to which consumers will accept genetically modified (GM) foods if they are commercialized in China. The evidence from the existing literature is mixed and sometimes confusing. The objective of this study is to conduct a large in-depth face-to-face in-house survey that examines the consumers' awareness, acceptance of and willingness to buy GM foods in China. To ...