Regulating coexistence in Europe: Beware of the domino-effect!

Demont, Matty; Daems, Wim; Dillen, Koen; Mathijs, Erik; Sausse, Christophe; Tollens, Éric

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.016

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“…A single non-GM field is able to trigger a so-called domino effect where adjacent fields are prevented from adopting GM crops, in turn preventing other fields from adopting, and so on [7]. Without spatially explicit information on farmers' readiness to adopt GM vegetables, however, it is difficult to say beforehand how many GM vegetable plots need to take distance measures.…”

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“…The costs associated with these measures, and minimum distance requirements in particular, can severely constrain the adoption of GM crops. Soregaroli and Wesseler [9] and Demont et al [7,8] show that such regulations may disproportionally raise the costs of coexistence of GM with conventional crops, while Skevas et al [10] show flexible coexistence regulations may allow farmers to reduce the coexistence compliance costs to almost zero. The benefit of cultivating biologically contained GM crops is evident.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing studies show that the costs of coexistence measures for GM crops may be substantial [7,8]. A large and diverse portfolio of regulations exists to regulate the commercial cultivation of GM crops in Europe [1,5].…”

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Benefits and Costs of Biologically Contained Genetically Modified Tomatoes and Eggplants in Italy and Spain

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Abstract:In this paper we assess the benefits and costs of introducing biologically contained genetically modified (GM) crops, with an application to the potential introduction of GM tomatoes and eggplants in Italy and Spain. Such crops possess both the standard beneficial GM traits, and they prevent introgression of transgenes from GM crops to their conventional or wild relatives, thereby adding to the safety of their cultivation. As a result, coexistence regulations for these crops are less stringent than for crops without biological containment. The potential adoption of biologically contained GM tomatoes and eggplants is assessed in a cost-benefit framework for Italy and Spain. We conclude that biological containment has considerable potential benefits if policy makers are willing to loosen the restrictions on the introduction of these varieties.

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Benefits and Costs of Biologically Contained Genetically Modified Tomatoes and Eggplants in Italy and Spain

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“…EU policymakers must define preventive coexistence measures that are proportional to economic incentives and that do not impose an excessive burden on EU farmers. Coexistence is only relevant when there are economic incentives for farmers to supply both GM and non-GM maize 12,13 . Economic incentives for coexistence are either (i) the adoption of Bt maize to capture 'GM gains' or (ii) the cultivation of GM-free crops for capturing 'GM-free gains'.…”

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“…Under market conditions where hardly any GMfree gains can be captured, wide and fixed isolation distances may generate substantial opportunity costs for maize producers who forego GM gains due to proximity to non-GM maize fields, and who are hardly capturing any compensatory GM-free gains. Moreover, this loss is not proportional to the weak incentives to supply non-GM crops and to ensure coexistence with non-GM crops 12,13 .…”

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