Quantification of Low-level GM Seed Presence in Canadian Commercial Flax Stocks

Quantification of Low-level GM Seed Presence in Canadian Commercial Flax Stocks

Helen M. Booker and Eric G. LambUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada Detection and quantification of the prevalence of genetically modified (GM) organism contamination in seed exports is a critical element of regulatory compliance. While the procedures to reliably detect high levels of GM…

A Quinquennium of Coexistence in Portugal

A Quinquennium of Coexistence in Portugal

Maria de Fátima QuedasInstituto Politécnico de Santarém, PortugalPaula Cruz de CarvalhoPortuguese Ministry of Agriculture Portugal is one of the few European Union countries that experience the “coexistence” of a coexistence legal framework with a regular coexistence practice. Since 2005, Bt maize crops…

Pure Economic Loss and Non-Adopters: Comparing Liability in Australia, Canada, and the United States

Pure Economic Loss and Non-Adopters: Comparing Liability in Australia, Canada, and the United States

Karinne LudlowMonash University, Australia Australia, Canada, and the United States all allow GM crops to be released into the open environment. In all three jurisdictions, non-adopters of GM crops claim they can no longer choose to be non-adopters. The issue of whether…

Economic Implications of Low-level Presence in a Zero-Tolerance European Import Market: The Case of Canadian Triffid Flax

Economic Implications of Low-level Presence in a Zero-Tolerance European Import Market: The Case of Canadian Triffid Flax

Camille D. Ryan and Stuart J. SmythUniversity of Saskatchewan Triffid is the name given to a genetically modified (GM) variety of flaxseed that was developed in the late 1980s at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre. The variety was designed to…

Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in Wheat Fields in Western Canada

Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in Wheat Fields in Western Canada

Hugh J. BeckieResearch Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), SaskatoonSuzanne I. WarwickResearch Centre, AAFC, OttawaLinda M. HallUniversity of Alberta, EdmontonK. Neil HarkerResearch Centre, AAFC, Lacombe Crop intraspecific pollen-mediated gene flow (PMGF) can be scale-dependent. A study was conducted in western Canada to…

Biological Confinement Strategies for Seed- and Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow of GM Canola (Brassica napus L.)

Biological Confinement Strategies for Seed- and Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow of GM Canola (Brassica napus L.)

GruberUniversity of Hohenheim, GermanyAlexandra Hüsken and Antje Dietz-PfeilstetterJulius Kuehn-Institute, GermanyChristian MöllersGeorg-August-University Göttingen, GermanyErnst Albrecht Weber and Falko StockmannUniversity of Hohenheim, GermanyHeinrich ThöleJulius Kuehn-Institute, GermanyJörg SchatzkiGeorg-August-University Göttingen, GermanyKerstin DowideitJulius Kuehn-Institute, GermanyMichel RenardINRA, FranceHeiko C. BeckerGeorg-August-University Göttingen, GermanyJoachim SchiemannJulius Kuehn-Institute, GermanyWilhelm ClaupeinUniversity of Hohenheim,…

Understanding Agricultural Species Metapopulation Biology and Ecology and the Implications for Coexistence in Low Level of Presence Scenarios

Understanding Agricultural Species Metapopulation Biology and Ecology and the Implications for Coexistence in Low Level of Presence Scenarios

Rene C. Van AckerUniversity of Guelph The intraspecific movement of novel traits in agriculture involves a metapopulation that includes cropped, volunteer and feral subpopulations as well as a latent population comprised of any viable seed anywhere within the agro-ecosystem and agricultural supply…

The Step-wise Approach to Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Canola in Western Australia

The Step-wise Approach to Adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) Canola in Western Australia

Rosalie McCauley, Michael Davies, and Anita WyntjeDepartment of Agriculture and Food of Western Australia This article presents a review and analysis of the process of commercial adoption of genetically modified (GM) canola in Western Australia with the aim of providing information to…

Food Fight: The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development

Food Fight: The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development

Lucie EdwardsBalsillie School of International Affairs, Ontario The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was created in 2002 to address global problems of agriculture and food security. More than 400 scientists contributed to the reports, while delegates…

Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region: Main Needs and Opportunities for Strategic Capacity Building

Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region: Main Needs and Opportunities for Strategic Capacity Building

Marianela Araya-QuesadaBiosafety Unit, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWendy Craig and Decio RipandelliBiosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy Biotechnology has the potential to help improve food production in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a continent where agriculture…