Meeting EBTNA 9 ottobre 2015
Fabio Veronesi Università degli Studi Di Perugia
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Is coexistence among genetically engineered, conventional and organic crops possible?Coexistence is not a problem of public health; it is set up on the farmer's capability to make a choice among organic, conventional and biotechnological agriculture with reference to the legal commitments concerning labelling and purity standards defined by low. If this possibility is missing, problems of interference among the three agricultural approaches are rising. Based on the actual scientific knowledge and of the genetically modified crops that at the moment are of interest for Italy (mainly maize and soy), the coexistence is more a political-economical problem than an environmental one. The possibility of gene flow from transgenic crops such as mais and soy to the environment is extremely limited, because these species do not present sexually compatible wild relatives in the Italian flora. This could be different considering others crops such as beets or canola. For the above reported reasons, coexistence problems should be considered one by one and not overall.