Biotechnology in agriculture: Perceived risks, benefits and attitudes in Italy
Biotechnology in agriculture: Perceived risks, benefits and attitudes in Italy
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农业生物技术：意大利的感知风险、收益和态度
DOI：
10.1108/00070700010313143
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
M. Vassallo
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文献类型：
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作者：
A. Saba;S. Rosati;M. Vassallo
本文介绍了一项实证研究的结果，对基因技术在意大利食品生产中的应用态度。它侧重于对风险、益处和不确定性的认识在确定对基因工程食品的普遍态度方面的重要性。此外，一般的态度和感知的道德义务的作用，在影响消费的期望基因技术生产的食品进行了分析。组织了一次邮件调查，434名受试者完成了问卷。结果表明，更多的人对基因工程应用于食品生产持反对态度，而不是赞成。更多的人表示低效益比高，更多的人报告高风险比低风险。此外，更多的人认为，基因工程的潜在后果具有高度的不确定性，而不是确定性。回归分析的结果表明，在对基因工程应用于食品生产的一般态度的影响方面，对收益的感知超过了对风险的感知，而对不确定性的感知对态度的预测贡献很小。一般的态度似乎是一个重要的决定因素的期望消费食品生产的基因工程。
This paper presents the findings of an empirical work on attitudes towards the application of the gene technology to food production in Italy. It focuses on the importance of perception of risks, benefits and uncertainty in determining general attitude to foods produced by genetic engineering. Also, the role of general attitudes and perceived moral obligation in influencing the expectation of consuming foods produced by gene technology was analysed. A mail survey was organised and 434 subjects completed the questionnaires. The results revealed that more people had unfavourable attitudes towards the application of genetic engineering to food production than favourable. More people indicated low benefits than high, more people reported high risks than low risks. Also, more people agreed that there is high uncertainty about potential consequences by genetic engineering than certainty. The findings of regression analyses showed that the perception of benefits outweighed perception of risks in the impact on general attitudes towards the applications of genetic engineering to food production, whereas the perception of uncertainty contributed marginally to the prediction of attitudes. General attitudes appeared to be an important determinant of the expectation of consuming food produced by genetic engineering.