생명공학 및 유전자변형생물체에 대한 소비자와 생산자 인식 조사분석

A Survey Analysis on the Consumer’s and Farmer’s Perception of Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms in Korea

This article examines and analyzes the attributes of consumers’ and farmers’ perceptions to the biotechnology and GMOs in Korea from the data surveyed by KRIBB(Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) in May 2002. The questionnaires for consumers were given randomly by internet to 4,256 married women considered as consumers having substantial purchasing power of GM crops or foods, and the 842 people responded. And the 824 farmers were surveyed by telephone interview, and the 439 effective questionnaires received. The consumers and farmers were asked about perception of genetic engineering or biotechnology, perception of benefits by biotechnology(now and within the next five years), concern of potential risks to the human health and environment by GMOs, intention of eating GM crops/foods, and intention of purchasing GM crops/foods or cultivation GM corps. Several attributes of public perceptions to the biotechnology and GMOs were identified by this empirical analysis and this paper suggests a few policy implications of biotechnology, biosafety and(or) GMOs.