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Was denkt die Agrarbranche über Pflanzenschutz wirklich? Ergebnisse eines impliziten Assoziationstests

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  • Römer, Ulf
  • Schaak, Henning
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • Goudschaal, Heinrich S.

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In der Öffentlichkeit sowie in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft werden chemischer Pflanzenschutz und Pflanzenschutz durch gentechnisch veränderte Nutzpflanzen kontrovers diskutiert. Die Einstellung zu verschiedenen Methoden des Pflanzenschutzes wurde jedoch bislang ausschließlich durch Umfragen untersucht, welche unter Umständen ein verzerrtes oder unvollständiges Bild liefern. Diese Studie zielt darauf ab, zum Verständnis der Wahrnehmung verschiedener Methoden des Pflanzenschutzes beizutragen, indem sie neben den expliziten auch die impliziten Einstellungen von Agrarstudierenden als angehende Produzenten und Entscheidungsträger in der Agrarbranche untersucht. Die impliziten Einstellungen wurden mittels eines Single Category Implicit Association Tests gemessen. Der Test wurde mit 233 Studierenden der Agrarwissenschaften durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Agrarstudierende bei einer direkten Befragung den chemischen Pflanzenschutz und den Pflanzenschutz durch gentechnisch veränderte Nutzpflanzen positiv bewerten, sich bei der impliziten Messung jedoch negative Einstellungen zeigen. Damit wird deutlich, dass Meinungsbilder zu der kontrovers geführten Pflanzenschutzdebatte, welche ausschließlich auf Befragungen beruhen, kritisch hinterfragt werden sollten. Chemical plant protection and protection by genetic modification of crops are being discussed controversially by the public as well as by the agri-food industry itself. However, attitudes towards different methods of plant protection have so far only been studied by standard surveys, which may provide a biased or incomplete picture. This study contributes information about the perception of different methods of plant protection by examining explicit as well as implicit attitudes of agricultural students — the future producers and decision-makers of the agricultural sector. The implicit attitudes were measured using a Single-Category Implicit Association Test. The test was conducted with 233 agricultural students. The results show that agricultural students assess chemical crop protection and protection by genetic modification of crops positively in a direct survey, but show negative attitudes in the case of implicit measurement. This indicates that opinions in the controversial crop protection debate, thus far solely assessed based on surveys, should be critically reviewed.

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  • Römer, Ulf & Schaak, Henning & Mußhoff, Oliver & Goudschaal, Heinrich S., 2019. "Was denkt die Agrarbranche über Pflanzenschutz wirklich? Ergebnisse eines impliziten Assoziationstests," German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Department for Agricultural Economics, vol. 68(4), December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:gjagec:319821
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.319821
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