Team:IIT-Madras/HP/Silver
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 various departments and later on categorized them into two groups Biotechnology related and non-Biotechnology related departments. We also made sure that we have enough responses in each category. You can view the survey questionnaire here.
Analysis
We found interesting results in accordance to our hypothesis. We had divided our participants into six groups: Undergraduates, Graduates and Professor, from Biotech or non-Biotech. The answer for the first question is : In each category, more than 80% participants had heard of GMO.
Interviewing NGOs
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Interviewing regulatory authorities
