Consumer attitudes toward genetic modification and sustainability: Implications for the future of biorenewables

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-225

  Verbeke, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attitude; Biorenewables; Consumer; Genetic modification; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE; CONSUMER ATTITUDES; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; RE-ESTABLISHING; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 65549169376     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.27     Document Type: Review

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