Analyzing Agricultural Experts' View of Environmental Threats and Opportunities for Modern Biotechnology Products

In this study, using content analysis, we attempted to analyze the environmental threats and opportunities of modern biotechnology . Inductive content analysis was used in this study. That is, concepts related to the environmental threats and opportunities of modern biotechnology were extracted in an emerging way, without regard to default or even existing themes in prior literature. Semi-structured interviews with 37 agricultural experts using snowball sampling were used to collect data. Environmental Opportunities for Modern Biotechnology From the perspective of agricultural experts, the following topics were: "Reducing environmental pollution and no environmental hazards", "Confirming the environmental safety of modern biotech products with reliable scientific resources and expert opinion" and "Improving Environment with Modern Biotechnology". Concerning the environmental threats of modern biotechnology from the perspective of agricultural experts, the topics included: "the risks of horizontal gene transfer and the lack of evidence that assumptions about new biotechnology are correct", "the probabilities and precautions in Modern Biotechnology »and" Concerns, Risks, and Ethical Issues of Modern Biotechnology". Agricultural experts' views on the effects of modern biotechnology products were on two themes: "environmental protection" and "environmental degradation".