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Title: Multi Stakeholders' Attitudes toward Bt rice in Southwest, Iran: Application of TPB and Multi Attribute Models
Authors: Ghoochani, Omid M.
Ghanian, Mansour
Baradaran, Masoud
AZADI, Hossein 
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: SPRINGER
Source: INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, 51(1), p. 141-163
Abstract: Organisms that have been genetically engineered and modified (GM) are referred to as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Bt crops are plants that have been genetically modified to produce certain proteins from the soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which makes these plants resistant to certain lepidopteran and coleopteran species. Genetically Modified (GM) rice was produced in 2006 by Iranian researchers from Tarom Mowla'ii and has since been called 'Bt rice'. As rice is an important source of food for over 3 billion inhabitants on Earth, this study aims to use a correlational survey in order to shed light on the predicting factors relating to the extent of stakeholders' behavioral intentions towards Bt rice. It is assumed and the results confirm that "attitudes toward GM crops" can be used as a bridge in the Attitude Model and the Behavioral Intention Model in order to establish an integrated model. To this end, a case study was made of the Southwest part of Iran in order to verify this research model. This study also revealed that as a part of the integrated research framework in the Behavior Intention Model both constructs of attitude and the subjective norm of the respondents serve as the predicting factors of stakeholders' intentions of working with Bt rice. In addition, the Attitude Model, as the other part of the integrated research framework, showed that the stakeholders' attitudes toward Bt rice can only be determined by the perceived benefits (e.g. positive outcomes) of Bt rice.
Notes: [Ghoochani, Omid M.; Ghanian, Mansour; Baradaran, Masoud] Ramin Agr & Nat Resources Univ Khuzestan, Dept Agr Extens & Educ, Ahwaz, Iran. [Azadi, Hossein] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Hasselt, Belgium. [Azadi, Hossein] Gembloux Agrobio Tech ULg, Econ & Rural Dev, Gembloux, Belgium. [Azadi, Hossein] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, Ghent, Belgium.
Keywords: TPB model; multi attribute model; multi-stakeholders; Bt rice; path analysis;TPB model; Multi attribute model; Multi-stakeholders; Bt rice; Path analysis
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/26381
ISSN: 1932-4502
e-ISSN: 1936-3567
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-016-9358-2
ISI #: 000393703700010
Rights: (C) Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2018
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