Press Release: GMOs: Commission publishes report on socio-economic aspects of GMO cultivation in Europe

A European Commission report presented on 15 April 2011 demonstrates the current limitations in assessing the socio-economic implications of cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union.

Specifically, the report to the European Parliament and the Council, which is based on information principally provided by Member States, reveals that the existing information is often statistically limited and that it is frequently based on already preconceived ideas about GMO cultivation.

In the report, the Commission also presents an analysis of the socio-economic dimensions of GMO cultivation as reported in the international scientific literature and in the conclusions of research projects funded under the European Framework Programme for Research.

European Commission: Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on socio-economic implications of GMO cultivation on the basis of Member States contributions, as requested by the Conclusions of the Environment Council of December 2008 http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/reports_studies/docs/socio_economic_report_GMO_en.pdf

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