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Coping with ex ante Regulations and ex post Liability Rules for Planting Bt-maize – The Portuguese Experience

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Skevas, T.
Fevereiro, P.
Wesseler, J.

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This study investigates the attitude and practices of GM and non-GM maize farmers in Portugal. Thirty seven GM maize farmers were interviewed representing 22.5% of the total number of GM maize notifications in the country. Additionally, 66 non-GM maize farmers were surveyed in an attempt to investigate their opinion on the Bt technology, its viability and its future. The most interesting finding is that almost half of all the surveyed maize farmers (GM and non-GM) stated that the ex ante regulations are rigid and difficult to apply. On the contrary, the ex post tort liability rules are very clear and provide the appropriate security for the continuation of the GM maize cultivation.

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Paper provided by European Association of Agricultural Economists in its series 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium with number 44189.

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Keywords: Coexistence; Bt-maize; Portugal; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries;

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  1. Volker Beckmann & Claudio Soregaroli & Justus Wesseler, 2006. "Coexistence Rules and Regulations in the European Union," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 88(5), pages 1193-1199, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Volker Beckmann & Claudio Soregaroli & Justus Wesseler, 2006. "Governing the Co-Existence of GM Crops - Ex-Ante Regulation and Ex-Post Liability under Uncertainty and Irreversibility," ICAR Discussion Papers (Institutional Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources) 1206, Division of Resource Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin. [Downloadable!]
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