How to Assess People’s Views of Biotechnology Lessons from Japan.pptVIP

How to Assess People’s Views of Biotechnology:Lessons from Japan Masakazu Inaba and Darryl Macer Institute of Biological Sciences University of Tsukuba, Japan Outline Trends of Japanese attitudes towards specific applications from survey in 2000 and 2003 Interviews in 2000 to explore deeper reasons behind people’s attitudes Mapping of ideas from an interview Questions on Agricultural Applications 1. Modern biotechnology in the production of foods and drinks（biotech food） 2. Gene insertion into a crop from other species to obtain pest resistance to insect pests （pest-resistant crops） Qu