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Although the first Agro-Food products based on modem biotechnology
(e. g. recombinant chymosin for cheese production; tomato puree
based on genetically engineered tomatoes; herbicide-resistant,
genetically modified soybean; insect resistant maize) have been
introduced in the EU markets in recent years, the application of
this technology is still being intensively discussed in the
European Union. Recent opinion polls indicate as well that
consumers' acceptance of genetically engineered food and
agro-products still is relatively low (e. g. European Commission
1997, Hampel et al. 1997), at least in some member states of the
EU. In contrast, representatives from politics and industry
underline the necessity to apply modem biotechnology in the
Agro-Food sector as well, mainly to ensure the competitiveness of
EU agriculture and food industry and for employment reasons.
Against this background there seems to be a need for a scientific
analysis of the future impacts of modem biotechnology in the
Agro-Food sector of the EU. Recent studies trying to analyse this
issue (e. g. OECD 1992, Teuber 1992) usually comprise
extrapolations of status-quo analyses. What has not been exploited
so far in this context are systematic technology forecasting
approaches which do not include only one single country, but get
information on an international level. Therefore, the impacts of
modem biotechnology on the Agro-Food sector in five member
countries of the EU (Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and
Spain) have been analysed with the help of the Delphi methodology
which represents one of the most reliable tools for technology
forecasting."
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Y, es& Diaeresis (Paperback)
Demosthenes Agrafiotis; Translated by Angelos Sakkis, John Sakkis
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