Stakeholder attitudes toward the risks and benefits of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries: A comparison between Mexico and the Philippines

Risk Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1123-1137

  Aerni, Philipp ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Developing countries; Mexico; Perception patterns; Philippines; Political stakeholders

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

TRANSGENIC FOODS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSAFETY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEXICO; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

MEXICO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0036930203     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00277     Document Type: Article

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