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Tsioumanis, Asterios; Mattas, Konstadinos; Papastefanou, G.; Springer, A.. |
Nowadays, it is more realistic to view the development of a new technology as a result of a complex social system of interactions and decisions. Understanding the public's range of views on biotechnology is important for decision makers, in order to be able to anticipate potential acceptance problems or, one step further, to take consumer or public desires and concerns into account so that desirable applications can be developed. Previous work from the same research group, using data from Eurobarometer surveys, was trying to explore the attitudes of the European consumers towards genetic modification of food. Emerging differences in attitudes towards genetically modified food have not been explained adequately in most cases using only sociodemographic... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Attitudes towards genetically modified food; Attitude formation; Cultural differentiation; Cultural syndromes; Consumer/Household Economics. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24984 |
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Tsioumanis, Asterios; Mattas, Konstadinos. |
Although food quality and food safety issues seem to dominate discussion and research in Europe, price inflation and economic recession may pose questions over food abundance over the coming years. For the first time since the early seventies, market stability for a number of commodities is seriously questioned. The paper tackles the fluctuation of food prices in the last decade and the reasons behind recent record prices in a series of commodities, trying to investigate whether food shortages may create new problems, even for relatively economically stable nations. Lowering stock levels that induce price volatility, production shortfalls due to adverse conditions that are often correlated to climate change, oil prices, changing diet patterns in regions... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food insecurity; Biofuels; Food prices; Market distortion; Financial speculation; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58151 |
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