Collaborating Across Disciplines in Communicating Social Aspects of Biotechnology

Progress and Accomplishments

Project-Related Publications

E. Ekanem, S. Muhammad, F. Tegegne, M. Mafuyai-Ekanem, and S. Singh. 2003. "Focus Group Approach to Gauging Social Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology: Some Preliminary Findings." A paper presented at the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA) held in Cancun, Mexico, June 21 - 24, 2003. http://www.ifama.org/conferences/2003Conference/papers/ekanem.pdf

E. Ekanem, S. Muhammad, F. Tegegne, and S. Singh. 2003. "Producer and Consumer Preferences for Agricultural Biotechnology: The Case for Genetically Modified Foods". Research Update. Journal of Food Distribution Research. Vol. XXXIV, No. 1: 168.

Project-Related Presentations

E. Ekanem, S. Muhammad, F. Tegegne, and S. Singh. 2003. "Producer and Consumer Preferences for Agricultural Biotechnology: The Case for Genetically Modified Foods". Research Update. Presentation at the 44th Annual Conference of the Food Distribution Research Society held in Miami, Florida, October 27 - 30.

E. Ekanem, S. Muhammad, F. Tegegne, and S. Singh. 2003. "Consumer Biotechnology Food and Nutrition Information Sources: The Trust Factor" A paper presented at the Food Distribution Research Society Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, October 25 - 29.

E. Ekanem, and M. Mafuyai-Ekanem. 2003. "Food Policy, Trade, Markets and Genetically Modified Foods: A Review of the Literature on the Science, Technology, Politics, and Economics of Labeling". A paper presented at the Food Distribution Research Society Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, October 25 - 29.

Organized Symposium

Issues Surrounding the Acceptability of Agricultural Biotechnology: Results from Focus Group Meetings and Mail Questionnaire Surveys. SAEA Organized Symposium for Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, February 14 – 18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Participants:

• Tennessee State University

• University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff

• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

• North Carolina A&T State University

Moderator:

Dr. Steve Halbrook, Vice President, The Farm Foundation

Presentations:

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