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Farmers faced with the use of growth hormone in dairying: a rejection tempered by economic constraint
[Les agriculteurs et l'emploi de l'hormone de croissance en production laitière : un rejet tempéré par la contrainte économique]

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  • Sylvie Bonny

    (ECO-PUB - Economie Publique - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - INA P-G - Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon)

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Farmers faced with the use of growth hormone in dairying: a rejection tempered by economic constraint In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the authorization of growth hormone (or BST, bovine somatotropin) in dairying was the subject of debate. We sought to know the opinion of French farmers on this topic by questioning more than a thousand farmers over two consecutive years. A high proportion expressed no opinion but others had a very negative view. However, if BST was authorized, the percentage of dairy farmers envisaging using it was about the same as the percentage of those refusing. Opinion variations according to socio-structural characteristics of farms and reasons put forward by farmers were also studied.

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  • Sylvie Bonny, 1991. "Farmers faced with the use of growth hormone in dairying: a rejection tempered by economic constraint [Les agriculteurs et l'emploi de l'hormone de croissance en production laitière : un rejet temp," Post-Print hal-02703635, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02703635
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