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| − | <p> Our country, India has been progressively adopting GM crops, which has led to a heated debate in our country. This prompted us to investigate GMO related issues by reaching out to it's stakeholders, general public (consumers and farmers), NGOs and regulatory authorities. Our objectives were to answer following questions: 1. What percent of general public have heard of GMO and are aware of it's economical, technical and political implications? 2. What is the perception of public regarding the consumption of GM foods and patenting? 3. What makes a person opt for GM food consumption? | + | <p> Our country, India has been progressively adopting GM crops, which has led to a heated debate in our country. This prompted us to investigate GMO related issues by reaching out to it's stakeholders, general public (consumers and farmers), NGOs and regulatory authorities. Our objectives were to answer following questions: 1. What percent of general public have heard of GMO and are aware of it's economical, technical and political implications? 2. What is the perception of public regarding the consumption of GM foods and patenting? 3. What makes a person opt for GM food consumption? Is it better knowledge and understanding of GM? Considering these, we designed our survey. We conducted our survey in colleges of four different states with the help of [https://2016.igem.org/Team:SVCE_CHENNAI SVCE Chennai], [https://2016.igem.org/Team:IISc_Bangalore IISc Banglore], [https://2016.igem.org/Team:IIT_Delhi IIT Delhi] and [https://2016.igem.org/Team:IIT_Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur] (total 330 responses). We surveyed undergraduates, graduates and professors across all department </p> |
You can view the survey questionnaire [https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/b/b3/Iitmsuvey.pdf here]. | You can view the survey questionnaire [https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/b/b3/Iitmsuvey.pdf here]. | ||
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GMO in India
Our country, India has been progressively adopting GM crops, which has led to a heated debate in our country. This prompted us to investigate GMO related issues by reaching out to it's stakeholders, general public (consumers and farmers), NGOs and regulatory authorities. Our objectives were to answer following questions: 1. What percent of general public have heard of GMO and are aware of it's economical, technical and political implications? 2. What is the perception of public regarding the consumption of GM foods and patenting? 3. What makes a person opt for GM food consumption? Is it better knowledge and understanding of GM? Considering these, we designed our survey. We conducted our survey in colleges of four different states with the help of SVCE Chennai, IISc Banglore, IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur (total 330 responses). We surveyed undergraduates, graduates and professors across all department
You can view the survey questionnaire here.
Interviewing NGOs
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Interviewing regulatory authorities
