Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 551-560

Journal: Agricultural Economics: the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists

Volume number: 40

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0169-5150

eISSN: 1574-0862

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00397.x

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
European consumers and, in particular, German consumers are known to be very critical toward the introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods. It is analyzed here whether German consumers do reject second-generation GM foods, too. Whereas first-generation GM crops induced producer-related benefits, second-generation GM crops are associated with consumer-oriented benefits like an improvement of nutritional quality. The determinants of demand for second-generation GM rapeseed oil are investigated within an online survey of 1,556 German consumers. It is elaborated how two functional properties of the product matter; that is, long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and the cholesterol-lowering effect of phytosterols. It turns out that GM rapeseed oil is neglected by 74% of all respondents. Output traits, however, will increase the probability of purchases of GM rapeseed oil. This is more the case for long-chain omega-3 fatty acids than for phytosterols.

Harvard Citation style: Hartl, J. and Herrmann, R. (2009) Do they always say no? German consumers and second-generation GM foods, Agricultural Economics: the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, 40(5), pp. 551-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00397.x

APA Citation style: Hartl, J., & Herrmann, R. (2009). Do they always say no? German consumers and second-generation GM foods. Agricultural Economics: the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. 40(5), 551-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00397.x