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Biotechnology reports, articles, brochures and factsheets

The department has commissioned the following studies which seek to address matters of interest in agricultural biotechnology and provide balanced information.

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Reports

General

  • Maintaining product integrity in the Australian seed and grain supply chain PDFPDF icon [2 MB, 159 pages]
  • Australia's crops and pastures in a changing climate – can biotechnology help? (December 2008) PDF PDF Icon [531 KB, 79 pages]
  • GM crops: tools for insect pest and weed control in cotton and canola (November 2008) PDF PDF Icon [639 KB, 99 pages]
  • Economic Impacts of GM Crops in Australia (May 2008)
  • GM crops in Emerging Economies: Impacts on Australian Agriculture (March 2008)
  • A Review of Non-GM Biotechnology (November 2007) PDF PDF Icon [753 KB, 78 pages]

Co-Existence of GM and Non GM Crops

  • GM grains in Australia - identity preservation (December 2006)

Marketing and Trade

  • GM crops in Emerging Economies: Impacts on Australian Agriculture (March 2008)
  • A national market access framework for GM canola and future GM crops (August 2007) PDF PDF Icon [1.2 MB, 95 pages]
  • GM Canola: An Information Package (August 2007) PDF PDF Icon [2 MB, 160 pages]
  • Potential impacts from the introduction of GM canola on organic farming in Australia (May 2007)
  • Report - Biosafety Protocol - implications of the documentation regime (Feb 2006)
  • Market acceptance of GM canola - ABARES research report (March 2007)
  • Market Access Issues for GM Products - implications for Australia (July 2003) PDF [297 KB, 67 pages] Word [1.3 MB, 67 pages]

Articles

  • A Sampling Plan and Test Protocol for GM Canola PDF PDF Icon [147 KB, 8 pages]

Brochures and factsheets

  • GM canola: An information package (2007) PDFPDF Icon [1.4 MB, 2 pages]
  • Value of biotechnology applications to Australian agriculture PDF (2007) PDF Icon [1 MB, 2 pages]
  • GM Oilseed crops and the Australian oilseed industry (2007) PDF PDF Icon [1 MB, 2 pages]
  • GM canola – Potential impacts on organic farming in Australia (May 2007)
  • Market acceptance of GM canola (2007) PDF PDF Icon [124 KB, 2 pages]

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