European Coexistence Bureau. Best Practice Documents for coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming. 2. Monitoring efficiency of coexistence measures in maize crop production

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Ivelin Rizov (ivelin.rizov@ec.europa.eu) and Emilio Rodríguez Cerezo (emilio.rodriguez-cerezo@ec.europa.eu)
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No JRC85760, JRC Working Papers from Joint Research Centre (Seville site)

Abstract: The present technical report deals with monitoring the efficiency of measures/strategies for coexistence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM maize crop production. The report is a follow up of the best practices for coexistence in maize crop production proposed by the Technical Working Group (TWG) for Maize of the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB). The ECoB TWG maize held three meetings in October 2010, June 2012 and November 2012 and examined state-of-art-knowledge from scientific literature, research projects and empirical evidence provided by numerous finished and ongoing studies looking at the appropriate level of monitoring; monitoring strategy; sampling and testing issues; detection methods; analysis of results and possible follow-up. The review of this information (coming from a total of 51 references) is presented in a structured manner in Section 3 and 4 of the document. The overview of the activities carried out by EU Member States for monitoring effectiveness/efficiency of coexistence measures in maize crop production (Section 3), shows a still limited experience in practical terms, due to the limited experience in commercial cultivation of GM maize in most EU member states. However, the present report provides technical guidance to those responsible for monitoring the efficiency of coexistence strategies.

Keywords: Inovation; Biotechnology; Coexistence Efficiency; Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs); Maize; Monitoring; Best Agricultural Practices; Agronomy; Policy support; Standatization; Compititivness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2013-05
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