Agbiotech Resources

In Australia, cotton and carnations are the only two genetically modified (GM) commodities available commercially. The cotton has been modified to be insect resistant and herbicide tolerant (or a combination of both), whilst the carnations have been modified to express mauve to deep purple colouring. Two GM herbicide tolerant canola varieties have been approved for commercial release by the Federal regulator, but they are not currently being grown because of bans imposed at the state government level. In 2006, the global area of commercial GM crops was 102 million hectares. This represents a 60-fold increase in the area devoted to such crops since their introduction in 1996. The main GM crops grown were soybean, corn, cotton and canola. Small areas of papaya, and rice were also produced. Potato and sugarbeet varieties have been approved commercially but are not currently grown. Globally, the USA dominates GM crop production, ahead of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China and South Africa. Five European countries also grew GM crops in 2006. Further information sources on each of the topics listed below can be found by clicking on the relevant heading. Further information sources on each of the topics listed below can be found by clicking on the relevant heading. Animal Biotechnology Animal Feed Australia's State Governments Canola - In Australia Canola - Overseas Carnations Coexistence - Australia Coexistence - Overseas Corn - Overseas Cotton - Australia Cotton - Overseas Developing World Environment Food Safety and Labelling General Gene Technology Regulation in Australia Global Statistics Horticulture Liability and Insurance Market Research Soybeans Technology in the pipeline Trade/Market Access Animal Biotechnology Exploring the Regulatory and Commercialisation Issues Related to Genetically Engineered Animals 2005 - Source: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology The ethics of research involving animals 2005 - Source - Nuffield Council on Bioethics Gene technology and animal production 2004 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Animal Biotechnology 2003 - Source: The (International) Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) Review on the Current Status of the Extent and Use of Cloning in Animal Production in Australia and New Zealand 2003 - Source: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Global Progress Toward Transgenic Food Animals: A Survey Of Publicly Available Information 2003 - Source: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Back to top Animal Feed Safety of Meat, Milk, and Eggs from Animals Fed Crops Derived from Modern Biotechnology (PDF) 2006 - Source: The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Safety of Meat, Milk, and Eggs from Animals Fed Crops Derived from Modern Biotechnology (web page) 2006 - Source: The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Biotech Bulletin 11: GM animal feed 2004 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Gene technology and animal feed - Paper No 5 2004 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited GM Inputs to Feedlot Beef - A Scoping Study 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Bureau of Rural Sciences. Who's afraid of GM feeds? 2001 - Source: AGBIOS Back to top Australia's State Governments ACT Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Act 2004 2004 – Source: ACT Government New South Wales Gene Technology (GM Crop Moratorium) Amendment Bill 2004 2004 - Source: NSW Government South Australian Genetically Modified Crops Management Act 2004 2004 – Source: SA Government Tasmania's Gene Technology Policy Review 2003 - Source: TAS Department of Primary Industries, Water, and Environment Victoria - No Commercial GM Canola This Year - Media Release 2003 - Source: VIC Department of Primary Industries West Australian Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003 2003 – Source: WA Government Back to top Canola - In Australia AFAA South Australian GM Crops Management Act consultation 2008 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited AFAA submission to New South Wales Review Panel 2007 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited AFAA submission to Victorian Review Panel 2007 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited AFAA submission to South Australian Review Panel 2007 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited GM Canola: A Resource Guide for Farmers 2004 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited GM Canola Licence Application Information - Bayer 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator GM Canola Commercial Licence Application - Monsanto 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Product Information - Bayer InVigor Hybrid Canola 2002 - Source: Bayer CropScience Canola Industry Stewardship Principles: For coexistence of production systems and supply chains 2003 - Source: Gene Technology Grains Committee (GTGC) Gene flow study: Implications for the release of GM crops in Australia 2002 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Bureau of Rural Sciences. The biology and ecology of canola (Brassica napus) 2002 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Delivering market choice with GM canola 2007 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Back to top Canola - Overseas Herbicide Tolerant Volunteer Canola Management in Subsequent Crops 2005 - Source: Canola Council of Canada An Agronomic and Economic Assessment of GMO Canola 2000 - Source: Canola Council of Canada Back to top Carnations GM Carnations: A Resource Guide 2004 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited GM Carnation Licence Application Information 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Florigene Flowers 2003 - Source: Florigene Ltd Back to top Coexistence - Australia Biotech Bulletin 18: Coexistence progress: Here and abroad 2006 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Towards Coexistence: Management practices for agricultural production systems 2006 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Biotech Bulletin 10: Coexistence 2004 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Canola Industry Stewardship Principles: For coexistence of production systems and supply chains 2003 - Source: Gene Technology Grains Committee (GTGC) A Strategic Framework for Maintaining Coexistence of Supply Chains 2002 - Source: Gene Technology Grains Committee (GTGC) Back to top Coexistence - Overseas Biotech Bulletin 18: Coexistence progress: Here and abroad 2006 – Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited GM crop coexistence – 10 key principles 2006 – Source: Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops (SCIMAC) Marketing Mechanisms to Facilitate Co-existence of GM and Non-GM Crops 2006 - Source: North Dakota State University Report on the implementation of national measures on the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming 2006 – Source: European Commission Coexistence of GM and non-GM Crops in Ireland 2005 - Source - Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Food Cultivating coexistence: A best management practices guide 2005 – Source: CropLife Canada Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Crop Production: Position Paper 2004 - Source: International Seed Federation Genetically modified maize – pollen movement and crop coexistence 2004 – Source: PG Economics Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops: current experience and key principles 2004 – Source: PG Economics Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops: key principles for best management practices 2004 – Source: PG Economics Coexistence in North American agriculture: can GM crops be grown with conventional and organic crops? 2004 – Source: PG Economics GM and non-GM arable crops can coexist in the EU without problems 2004 – Source: PG Economics Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops: case study of maize grown in Spain 2003 – Source: PG Economics Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in the UK can occur without problems 2003 – Source: PG Economics EU Commission recommendation on guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming 2003 - Source: European Commission Back to top Corn - Overseas Coexistence of GM and non-GM crops: case study of maize grown in Spain 2003 – Source: PG Economics Case Studies in Benefits and Risks of Agricultural Biotechnology: Roundup Ready Soybeans and Bt Field Corn 2001 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Agricultural Biotechnology: Insect Control Benefits 1999 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy Back to top Cotton - Australia Roundup Ready Flex Licence Application Information 2006 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator GM Cotton in Australia: A Resource Guide 2003 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Bollgard II Licence Application Information 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Roundup Ready Cotton Licence Application Information 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator INGARD/Bt Cotton Licence Application Information 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Second Australian Cotton Industry Environmental Audit 2003 - Source: Cotton Research and Development Corporation Bollgard II - the new generation in GM cotton 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, CSIRO The biology and ecology of cotton in Australia 2002 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator The performance of INGARD/Bt cotton in the 2001-2002 season 2002 - Source: Cotton Research and Development Corporation The performance of Roundup Ready cotton in the 2001-2002 Australian cotton season 2002 - Source: Cotton Research and Development Corporation The Science Behind Transgenic Cotton 1992 - Source: Australian Government Agency, CSIRO Back to top Cotton - Overseas Biotechnology Technical Seminars Papers 2001 - Source: International Cotton Advisory Committee Agricultural Biotechnology: Insect Control Benefits 1999 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy Back to top Developing World Biotechnology publications 2005 - Source: World Health Organisation Agricultural Biotechnology: Potential for Use in Developing Countries 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE Discussion Paper: The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries 2003 - Source: Nuffield Council on Bioethics, USA Back to top Environment Ecological impacts of genetically modified crops: Experiences from ten years of experimental field research and commercial cultivation 2006 – Source: Swiss Agroscope Reckenholz-Tδnikon Research Station (ART), commissioned by the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (SECB) GM crops: the global socio-economic and environmental impact – the first nine years 1996-2004 2005 - Source: PG Economics Biodiversity effects of the management associated with GM cropping systems in the UK 2005 – Source: Scottish Crop Research Institute Findings from the UK Farm Scale Evaluation of Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant crops – an appraisal of their implications for Australia 2003 – Source: CSIRO GM Crop Farm-Scale Evaluation Trials 2003 - Source: UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Conservation farming systems and canola 2003 - Source: Rob Norton, University of Melbourne, Australia Second Australian Cotton Industry Environmental Audit 2003 - Source: Cotton Research and Development Corporation Ecological Impact of GMOs 2003 - Source: CSIRO Entomology Conservation Tillage and Plant Biotechnology: How New Technologies Can Improve the Environment By Reducing the Need to Plow 2002 - Source: Conservation Technology Information Centre, USA Canola and Australian Farming Systems 2003-2007 2007 - Source: R Norton and R Roush, University of Melbourne, Australia Back to top Food Safety and Labelling Modern food biotechnology, human health and development: An evidence-based study 2005 - Source: World Health Organisation GM Foods: Safety Assessments of Genetically Modified Foods 2005 – Source: Australian Government Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Labelling genetically modified (GM) foods 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Frequently Asked Questions on GM Food 2002 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Regulating genetically modified food – Information Paper 3 2005 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Standard 1.5.2 Food Produced Using Gene Technology 2005 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Food Standards Australia New Zealand Back to top General Quantification of the impacts on US agriculture of biotechnology-derived crops planted in 2005 2006 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) Biotechnology-Derived Crops Planted in 2004 - Impacts on US agriculture 2005 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy Crop Biotechnology and the Future of Food: A Scientific Assessment 2005 - Source: Centre for Agricultural Science and Technology Segregating GM and non-GM grain in the Australian grain storage system 2005 - Source: Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Gene Technology in Australia: Fact not Fiction 2007 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Agricultural Biotechnology: Herbicide Tolerant Crops in Australia 2003 - Source: Federal Government Agency. Bureau of Rural Sciences Back to top Gene Technology Regulation in Australia Gene technology regulation - Paper No 2 2005 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited Handbook on the Regulation of Gene Technology in Australia 2001 - Source: Federal Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Gene Technology Regulation in Australia - Fact sheets and information bulletins 2001 - Source: Federal Government Agency, Office of the Gene Technology Regulator Back to top Global Statistics Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2007 2007 - Source: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2006 2006 - Source: International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications Back to top Horticulture Generating Meaningful Opinions (GMOs) - A newsletter for the horticultural industries 2001 - 2006 - Source: Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited October 2006 August 2006 June 2006 April 2006 Archive Back to top Liability and Insurance Managing genetically modified crops in Australia – GM crops, segregation and liability in Australian agriculture 2005 – Source: Avcare (now CropLife Australia) Liability Issues Associated with GM Crops in Australia 2003 - Source: Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legal Liability Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology (in the USA) 2002 - Source: National AgLaw Centre Frequently asked questions on the Commission's proposal on Environmental Liability 2002 - Source: European Commission Back to top Market Research Public sentiment about GM food 2005 - Source: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology Community Attitudes to Biotechnology 2007 - Source: Biotechnology Australia - Federal Government Agency Public Attitudes Towards Gene Technology in Australia 2005 - Source: Biotechnology Australia - Federal Government Agency Back to top Soybeans Conservation Tillage and Plant Biotechnology: How New Technologies Can Improve the Environment By Reducing the Need to Plow 2002 - Source: Conservation Technology Information Centre, USA Case Studies in Benefits and Risks of Agricultural Biotechnology: Roundup Ready Soybeans and Bt Field Corn 2001 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Comparing Roundup Ready and Conventional Soybean Yields 1999 2001 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Agricultural Biotechnology: Benefits of Transgenic Soybeans 2000 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Back to top Trade/Market Access Transgenic crops: welfare implications for Australia (in September 2005 issue of Australian Commodities) 2005 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE Global traceability and labelling requirements for agricultural biotechnology-derived products: impacts and implications for the USA 2005 - Source – United States Department of Agriculture Preparing for the future 2005 - Source – United States Department of Agriculture Market Access Issues for GM Products 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE GM canola - What are its Economics under Australian conditions? 2003 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE Modelling Possible Impacts on GM Crops on Australian Trade 2002 - Source: Australian Government Agency, Productivity Commission Genetically Modified Grains: Market implications for Australian growers 2001 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE GM crops in emerging economies impacts on Australian agriculture 2008 - Source: Australian Government Agency, ABARE Back to top Technology in the Pipeline The Global Diffusion of Plant Biotechnology: International Adoption and Research in 2004 2004 - Source: C Ford Runge, University of Minnesota Plant Biotechnology: Current and Potential Impact For Improving Pest Management In U.S. Agriculture: An Analysis of 40 Case Studies 2002 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Preliminary Release of Three Case Studies 2003 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Harvest on the Horizon: Future Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology 2001 - Source: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology What’s in the Pipeline? Genetically modified crops under development in Australia 2005 – Source: Australian Government Agency, Bureau of Rural Sciences. Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture: Preliminary Release of Three Case Studies 2003 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Plant Biotechnology: Current and Potential Impact For Improving Pest Management In U.S. Agriculture: An Analysis of 40 Case Studies 2002 - Source: National Centre for Food and Agriculture Policy Back to top