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SWITZERLAND – MARKET RESEARCH
Study shows growing acceptance of green biotech in Switzerland
15 December 2006. Source: CropBiotech Update - knowledge.center@isaaa.org
A study conducted between 2000 and 2006 by DemoSCOPE, a polling institute based in Adligenswil, Switzerland, confirmed that resistance to the application of gene technology in agriculture is steadily and slowly declining in Switzerland. With a
representative selection of 2,008 interviewees from German- and French- speaking regions, the 2006 poll showed that 45 percent were against the use of gene technology in agriculture, 31 percent advocated it, while 24 percent were still undecided. The number of respondents expressing negative attitude towards gene technology has decreased from 58 percent in 2000.
The most important differences in the single population groups concerned the French-speaking region in which opponent (31%) and advocate (33%) were almost equally strong. Generally, greater acceptance of gene technology in agriculture was notable among interviewees under the age of 30. The statistical reduction of resistance towards agricultural applications may be attributed to better information: through increasing global experience with green gene technology, individuals originally identifying themselves as opponents have become more broadly informed. However, the increase in undecided individuals may point to the need for further public information.
For the news article, visit
http://www.gmo-compass.org/eng/news/messages/200612.docu.html#79.
A summary of the DemoSCOPE study is available in German at
http://www.demoscope.ch/pages/index.cfm?Artikel_ID=2222.
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