MAINSTREAMING PUBLIC TRUST FOR AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM INDONESIA

Abstract

This article aims to identify the public trust on the application of Agriculture biotechnology-based products in Indonesia, specifically in the eastern part of East Java Province, which is knowns as Horseshoe region−ex Besuki district. Further, this article will focuses on farmers impediment and their discontent facing the challenges of GM Crops companies for mainstreaming their products in their locality. This article will also expand the discussion on the urgency for local government governance for a sustainable regulatory policy which forbids the rudimentary practice of bad corporate governance Genetically modified (GM) crops in the locality Keyword: Public Trust, Agrobiotechnology Farmers, Policy