FP6 - 501986 SIGMEA - Sustainable introduction of GMOs into European Agriculture

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Type of Project	STREP
Contract No	FP6 - 501986
Total Cost	7,540 KEuro
EC Contribution	4,550 KEuro
Start Date	15-6-2004
Duration	35 Months

Abstract

This project studies temporal and spatial gene flow across Europe in order to determine the measures needed for the co-existence of GM and non-GM production systems. Crops selected for the study are maize, oilseed rape, beet and wheat in both seed and crop production systems, The partnership will exploit information from recent and current national research programmes as well as generating new research in the project. The results will include:

• Methods for detecting GM plants/products, methods (including models) for monitoring and measuring seed and pollen mediated gene flow and predicting levels of impacts on whole farm and regional scales.
• Measures needed to segregate GM from other cropping systems, at the farm and regional scale, including changes in agronomic practices, new investments in equipment and machinery, zoning of crop production, the practicality and cost of these measures, including testing, authentication and stewardship of crops.
• The socio-economic impacts of introducing GM crops into certain regions including increased costs on both the non-GM and GM sectors, the relationships between farmers adopting different technologies, constraints on farmers, farm saved seed implications, liability for purity of crops, conflicts and disputes between farmers.

The results will inform all sectors of European agriculture and help with decision making at local, regional, national and European level on the management of farming systems in relation to GM and non- GM cropping.

Coordinator

NIAB, Environmental Research Group, United Kingdom

Partners

• ADAS Consulting Limited, United Kingdom
• Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium
• Arcadia International, Belgium
• Arvalis-Institut du Vegetal, France
• Bundesamt Für Verbraucherschutz Und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Germany,
• Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd., United Kingdom
• Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Oleagineux Metropolitains, France,
• Ceska Zemedelska Universzita V Praze, Czech Republic
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
• Danish Research Institute of Food Economics, Denmark
• Danmarks Jordbrugsforskning, Denmark
• Danmarks Miljoeundersoegelser, Denmark
• Department for Environement, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom,
• Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich, Switzerland
• European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Belgium
• Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Germany
• Forschungsinstitut fuer Biologischen Landbau, Switzerland
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Germany,
• Institut de Recerca I Tecnologia Agroalimentaries, Spain
• Institut National de La Recherche Agronomique, France
• Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, United Kingdom
• Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria, Spain
• Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Industriali, Italy
• Jozef Stefan Institute., Slovenia
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Plant Breeding And Acclimatization Institute, Poland
• Plant Research International B.V., Netherlands
• Polytechnics University of Marche (Universita Politecnica delle Mache), Italy
• Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark
• Rothamsted Research Limited, United Kingdom
• Scottish Crop Research Institute, United Kingdom
• Silsoe Research Institute, United Kingdom
• Technische Universitaet Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Germany
• Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
• Universitaet Bern, Switzerland
• Universitaet Bremen, Germany
• Universitaet Hohenheim, Germany
• Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Universite de Paris-Sud Xi, France
• University of Applied Sciences of Weihenstephan, Germany
• University of Reading, United Kingdom
• University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• University of South Bohemia In Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic,

Contacts

Contact

• Jeremy SWEET / NIAB Environmental Research Group / UNITED KINGDOM