جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « محصولات تراریخته » در نشریات گروه « علوم ترویج »

While there is no reliable scientific information about the results of the cultivation and consumption of transgenic products at the community level, and the controversy between the proponents and opponents has led the process to continue, researchers seem to be the only group that due to high knowledge, they can be responsive to consumers, farmers and the Governors. In this regard, the present study was conducted on the basis of qualitative paradigm and using content analysis to analyze the views of researchers at agricultural research centers on the opposition to cultivation and consumption of transgenic products in Iran. In order to collect the data, a semi-structured interview method with 23 researchers was used with purposeful sampling and snowball sampling. The findings of this study showed that the three factors of "environmental degradation", "endangering human health" and "Imposing cultivation and consumption, weak ethical considerations and lack of national independence" are the reasons for the opposition to the cultivation and consumption of transgenic products from the viewpoint of researchers at agricultural research centers.

Production and consumption of genetically modified plants have been known as one of the new outcomes of biotechnology. These crops through economic benefits for farmers, pest and weed management, and reducing greenhouse gases, supplying enough food for the growing world population, and conserving the environment. It have significantly can lead to sustainable development. Whereas, agricultural experts have key role toward informing farmers as well as spreading and developing such crops, understanding their attitude about genetically modified crops is quite important. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the attitude of Khuzestan Province Organization of Agriculture Jihad experts towards genetically modified crops. A sample of 216 persons was selected through simple random sampling method. The results showed that, the attitude towards genetically modified crops, trust and perception directly affected the intention of agricultural experts to use those crops. Whereas, the perceived benefits, perceived risks and knowledge indirectly had effects on their intention. The variables of attitude towards genetically modified crops, trust, perception, perceived benefits, perceived risks and knowledge could predict 45 percent of variations of experts’ tendency towards those crops.