Public perception of the production and commercialization of genetically modified sweet orange trees

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i15.22679

Keywords:

Biotechnology; Research; Disease resistance; Questionnaire.

Abstract

Over the past few decades, the production of transgenic food has generated debates around advances in agricultural biotechnology and their social, political, economic, and environmental concerns in the world, and especially in Brazil, a country with a notable prominence for agribusiness. As part of this debate, this study aimed to understand, through the application of online questionnaires to the 318 respondents, the acceptance or rejection of consumers regarding the potential use of genetically modified sweet orange fruit for human consumption and the perspectives for the future release of production at the commercial level. It was observed that there is high acceptance of the consumption of transgenic oranges, but these products will have resistance from part of the population and import markets for possible production and commercialization. However, it was observed that there is a high perspective of the population for transgenics to become an important alternative in the control of the main citrus diseases that drastically affect the productivity of this sector.

Author Biographies

Matheus Luís Docema, Universidade de São Paulo

Possui graduação em Engenharia Agronômica pela Universidade de São Paulo (2013), Mestrado (2016) e Doutorado (2021) em Ciências pelo programa de Fitotecnia da Universidade de São Paulo e é especialista em Agronegócios (2019) pela USP/ESALQ. Atuou como Pesquisador em Ciências Agronômicas II na empresa Campo Verde Pesquisas Agronômicas desenvolvendo trabalhos na área de experimentação agrícola e condução de ensaios para avaliação da eficácia e praticabilidade agronômica de produtos agrícolas. Atuou como Facilitador Virtual do Programa Formação Didático-Pedagógico para cursos na modalidade a distância da Universidade Virtual do Estado de São Paulo (UNIVESP). Atua como orientador de monografias dos cursos de MBA em Agronegócios e Gestão de Negócios (ESALQ/USP) do Programa de Educação Continuada em Economia e Gestão de Empresas (PECEGE). Atualmente é Engenheiro Agrônomo da Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente e Agricultura de Limeira/SP atuando na prestação de orientação técnica e extensão rural a produtores rurais de diferentes áreas da atividade agropecuária. Possui experiência, principalmente, nos seguintes temas: extensão rural, olericultura, grandes culturas, fruticultura, inseticidas, fungicidas, herbicidas, seedcare e métodos de diagnósticos de doenças de plantas.

Caio Morais de Alcântara Barbosa, Universidade de São Paulo

Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (2015), com período sanduíche como bolsista do programa Ciência sem Fronteiras na Universidad de Valladolid - Espanha (2012-2013). Concluiu o Mestrado em Fitotecnia pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (2017). Atualmente é Doutorando em Fitotecnia pela Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" / Universidade de São Paulo. Possui experiência em Agronomia/Produção Vegetal, com ênfase em fruticultura de clima temperado .

André Luiz Fadel, Centro de Citricultura ‘Sylvio Moreira’

Graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the Regional University Center Espírito Santo do Pinhal (2005), Master in Agronomy (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2011) and Ph.D. in Science (Phytotechnics) from the University of São Paulo ( 2015). He has experience in the areas of Agronomy, Plant Health, Plant Science and Plant Breeding, with an emphasis on production management and selection of citrus canopy and rootstock cultivars. He currently works in the private sector with vertical cultivation systems in a controlled environment.

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01/12/2021

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DOCEMA, M. L.; BARBOSA, C. M. de A.; FADEL, A. L. Public perception of the production and commercialization of genetically modified sweet orange trees. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 15, p. e468101522679, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i15.22679. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22679. Acesso em: 20 apr. 2024.

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Vol. 10 No. 15

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