55% of Italians Favor GM research, 52% Willing to Buy GM Foods
December 19, 2012| |
According to a survey conducted by the Milan-based Institute for Studies on Public Opinion (ISPO) in Italy, 55% of Italians opine that the continuation of GM research in their country is useful while 52% of the respondents said that they are willing to buy foods with genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the future.
The said research institute added that 52% of Italians would consider buying GM food under certain conditions. The main driver concerns the potential health benefits of GMOs (48%), followed by its enhanced environmental sustainability (37%) and its lower price compared to its counterpart (27% ). One quarter of the population, on the other hand, would not buy GMOs under any conditions.
Moreover, most of the population (52%) agrees that if it is legal to sell GMO products, it should also be legal to grow them. To 56% of the respondents, it is unfair to allow foreign growers to cultivate GMO crops and then sell them in Italy while Italian farmers are prohibited from doing the same.
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