Benefits at risk: does the motivation of farmers counteract potential benefits of GM plants?

Jesper Lassen; Peter Sandøe

Benefits at risk: does the motivation of farmers counteract potential benefits of GM plants?

Abstract

Herbicide resistant GM plants have been promoted as a tool in the development of more environment-friendly agriculture. The environmental benefits here, however, depend not only on farmer's acceptance of GM crops as such, but also on their willingness to use herbicides in accordance with altered spraying plans. In this paper, we will argue that factors driving the spraying practices of Danish farmers may hamper efforts to secure the environmental benefits of the new crops.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ikke angivet
Editors	Werner Zollitsch, Christoph Winckler, Susanne Waiblinger, Alexander Haslberger
Number of pages	5
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Publication date	2007
Pages	431-435
ISBN (Print)	978-90-8686-046-3
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	The Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics: Sustainable food production and ethics - Vienna, Austria Duration: 13 Sept 2007 → 15 Sept 2007 Conference number: 7

Conference

Conference	The Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics: Sustainable food production and ethics
Number	7
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	13/09/2007 → 15/09/2007

Keywords

Former LIFE faculty
GM crops
motivation of farmers

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Benefits at risk : does the motivation of farmers counteract potential benefits of GM plants? / Lassen, Jesper; Sandøe, Peter.

Ikke angivet. ed. / Werner Zollitsch; Christoph Winckler; Susanne Waiblinger; Alexander Haslberger. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2007. p. 431-435.

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Lassen, J & Sandøe, P 2007, Benefits at risk: does the motivation of farmers counteract potential benefits of GM plants? in W Zollitsch, C Winckler, S Waiblinger & A Haslberger (eds), Ikke angivet. Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp. 431-435, The Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics: Sustainable food production and ethics, Vienna, Austria, 13/09/2007.

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