Organic Versus GM Agriculture in the Courtroom in Australia and the USA

Michael Blakeney ()
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Michael Blakeney: University of Western Australia

A chapter in The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Foods, 2016, pp 113-135 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The size of the trade in organic agriculture was estimated to be worth $US 64 billion in 2014 and has been increasing at a rate of 10 %. This valuable trade is of obvious interest also to developing countries which are primarily agriculture-based economies. As early as 2003 the European Commission identified that the cultivation of GM crops was likely to have implications for the organization of organic agricultural production. In a communication of that year it observed that the possibility of the adventitious presence of GM material in organic crops raised the question as to how producer choice for the different production types could be ensured. Additionally, the successful segregation of GM from organic agriculture is indispensable in preserving access to the lucrative trade in organic products. This chapter looks at litigation in Australia and the USA concerning the liability which arises in circumstances where GM cultivation was said to have imperiled organic agriculture.

Keywords: Transgenic Seed; Genetically Modify Organism; Organic Certification; Patent Infringement; Majority Judge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3727-1_11

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