Organic EprintsSIGMEA: Sustainable introduction of GM crops into European AgricultureEU Project on Traceability and Co-Existence The EU-funded “Co-Extra” project is now exploring the co-existence and traceability of genetically modified (GM) and non-genetically modified (non-GM) products. It contains eight separate work packages. All in all 54 institutes and companies are involved in the research project which is funded by the EU with 13,52 Mio € for four years. In work package 3, FiBL is examining the economic costs and benefits of traceability and co-existence together with eight other European partners. Each country will examine a different set of products. In Switzerland, the first step will be to analyse the produce flow for maize and rapeseed and to identify the stakeholders in the value-added chain. This part of the project will be completed in the summer of 2006. Subsequently, the costs caused by traceability and co-existence will be calculated and it will be assessed whether customers would be willing to pay a higher price for guaranteed non-GM produce. In the final phase of the project the economic consequences of consumers' reactions to the new EU rules on labelling and traceability will be assessed. Further Information: GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAceability www.coextra.org <http://www.coextra.org> Contact persons at FiBL: - Matthias Stolze (http://www.fibl.org/english/fibl/team/stolze-matthias.php) - Bernadette Oehen (http://www.fibl.org/english/fibl/team/oehen-bernadette.php) - Marion Morgner (http://www.fibl.org/english/fibl/team/morgner-marion.php) Coextra project coordinator: Yves BERTHEAU Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Phytopathologie et méthodologies de la détection RD 10 - Route de Saint CYR F-78026 Versailles cedex France Tel: +33 1 30 83 32 04 Fax: +33 1 30 83 31 95 Email: bertheau@versailles.inra.fr <MAILTO:bertheau@versailles.inra.fr> Policy environments and social economyProject description

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