CHVÁTALOVÁ, Veronika. Czech farmers’ attitudes and risk perception of genetically modified crops. In 18th Annual STS Conference Graz 2019 - Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies. 2019.
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Original name Czech farmers’ attitudes and risk perception of genetically modified crops
Name in Czech Postoje českých zemědělců a jejich vnímání rizik geneticky modifikovaných plodin
Authors CHVÁTALOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition 18th Annual STS Conference Graz 2019 - Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies, 2019.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 50704 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Austria
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/19:00115295
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords (in Czech) postoje, vnímání rizik, GMO, zemědělství
Keywords in English GMO; genetically modified crop; farmer; risk perception; co-existence
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Changed: 14/4/2021 10:43.
Abstract
The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture has been highly controversial for more than past two decades. Agricultural GMOs have been framed by their advocates as a safe means to increase food production sustainably and to react to challenges brought by climate change; whereas those opposed to employing GMOs in agriculture pictured them as a threat to biodiversity, animal and human health, and food sovereignty. Genetically modified (GM) Bt maize MON810 is currently the only GM crop whose cultivation is permitted in the EU. It was first sown in 2003 in Spain, with the majority of European countries never joining in. In the Czech Republic, Bt maize was grown for commercial purposes from 2005 until 2016 continuously. However, the greatest cultivation area, in 2008, did not exceed 3% of the total maize acreage. This paper is part of my doctoral thesis which aims to answer the research question “What is the experience of Czech farmers with Bt maize cultivation?”. First results show that Czech farmers who grew Bt maize in 2015 base their acceptance of GM crops’ cultivation on their experience and some assumptions related to the biotechnology and its effects. Farmers’ argumentation in favour of GMOs notably resembles slogans of GMO advocates. They frame GMOs as a progress and means of sustainable development necessary for feeding the world that is beneficial for the environment. In a follow up, farmers growing maize in the conventional regime of cultivation whose fields neighboured with Bt maize fields will be interviewed. The aim is to compare characteristics of farms and farmers who grew Bt maize with those who did not. Furthermore, qualitative analysis of the interviews should shed some light on how do risk perception and understanding of agricultural GMOs and genetic engineering differ between these groups; and how does GM and non-GM production co-exist.
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MUNI/A/1158/2018, interní kód MUName: Současné environmentální výzvy II - Cesty k udržitelnější a spravedlivější společnosti
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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