Abstract
Although the first Agro-Food products based on modem biotechnology (e. g. recombinant chymosin for cheese production; tomato puree based on genetically engineered tomatoes; herbicide-resistant, genetically modified soybean; insect-resistant maize) have been introduced in the EU markets in recent years, the application of this technology is still being intensively discussed in the European Union. Recent opinion polls indicate as well that consumers’ acceptance of genetically engineered food and agro-products still is relatively low (e. g. European Commission 1997, Hampel et al. 1997), at least in some member states of the EU. In contrast, representatives from politics and industry underline the necessity to apply modem biotechnology in the Agro-Food sector as well, mainly to ensure the competitiveness of EU agriculture and food industry and for employment reasons.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1999 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Menrad, K., Agrafiotis, D., Enzing, C.M., Lemkow, L., Terragni, F. (1999). Introduction. In: Future Impacts of Biotechnology on Agriculture, Food Production and Food Processing. Technology, Innovation and Policy, vol 10. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52474-5_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52474-5_1
Publisher Name: Physica, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-7908-1215-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-52474-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive