Exploring Consumer Perception and Adoption of Plant-Based Biotechnological Food Products

Michael Wang
University of Lisbon,Lisbon, Portugal.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb2447

Abstract:

Biotech crops can increase the economics of farming by enhancing the quality of crop, and yields in some certain cases. A few of these crops can make farming safer and more effective. Accordingly, farmers may occupy less time handling crops and more time on other profitable detections. Examples of improved superiority qualities that biotech crops may provide include increased beta-carotene levels in rice to help address vitamin A deficiency also that better oil compositions in canola. There are also plans to develop crops that can thrive in saline soils or that can better survive drought, and the first of these goods are only starting to hit the market. In order to adapt to or, in some situations, lessen the consequences of climate change, such technologies may become more and more crucial. Researchers have found that agricultural biotechnology tools are extremely beneficial for understanding the important biology of living things. For example, scientists have determined the complete genetic makeup of multiple strains of Campylobacter and Listeria, which have been frequently responsible for significant outbreaks of food-borne disease in humans. Researchers utilize this genetic information in a number of ways to improve food safety. Biotechnology's technologies have "unlocked doors" and have assisted in the development of improved plant and animal species via genetic engineering and traditional approaches.