Etude sur les perceptions des agriculteurs quebecois sur les OGM apres 10 ans d'utilisation

Gale E. West, Bruno Larue, Mohamed Jeddy and Olivier Verreault-Lefebvre

No 186125, Working Papers from University of Laval, Center for Research on the Economics of the Environment, Agri-food, Transports and Energy (CREATE)

Abstract: Even after many years of use, genetically modified (GM) grain technologies remain controversial. In 2003-2004, the Direction for Development and Innovation within the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, had funded an initial survey of grain farmer’s opinions and practices regarding the production of GM crops (n=412), which was repeated in 2012-2013 (n=516). This report presents results comparing responses over time, while also covering several new controversial issues in GM production. The topics covered in this report are numerous: 1. the safety of GM foods; 2. the control of agricultural inputs by biotech firms; 3. the capacity of organic crops to coexist with GM crops; 4. the environmental impact of GM crops; 5. why farmers choose GM seeds; 6. crop rotation and fertilization practices; 7. management of pesticide applications and the existence of pests resistant to GM inputs; 8. use of refuges for Bt corn; and 9. GM crop segregation, sales and profits. Overall, Quebec grain farmers’ attitudes and opinions became increasingly favorable toward GM crops over time, but several of their pest management practices remain somewhat tenuous.

Keywords: Food; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-09
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186125/files/CREATE2014-8.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ulavwp:186125

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.186125

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from University of Laval, Center for Research on the Economics of the Environment, Agri-food, Transports and Energy (CREATE) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().