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GM Crops in Europe: How Much Value and for Whom? Les cultures génétiquement modifiées en Europe : quels avantages et pour qui? Genetisch veränderte Feldfrüchte in Europa: Welcher Wert und für wen?

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  • Matty Demont
  • Koen Dillen
  • Erik Mathijs
  • Eric Tollens

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GM Crops in Europe: How Much Value and for Whom? Who gains from genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe? We review the global impact literature and assess the potential value of GM crops for Europe and how this value is shared among stakeholders. The literature suggests that, on average, two thirds of the global benefits are shared ‘downstream’, i.e., among domestic and foreign farmers and consumers, while only one third is extracted ‘upstream’, i.e., by gene developers and seed suppliers. Can this global rule of thumb be extrapolated to the EU? We review studies on GM maize, sugar beet and oilseed rape in Spain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the EU‐25. The potential annual value of GM technologies for single Member States ranges from €0.1 million to €42 million, distributed according to the same rule of thumb. With a global annual value of €668 million, herbicide tolerance in sugar beet cultivation is the EU's most promising ‘first‐generation’ GM technology The new Member States could also substantially benefit from GM crops. While the Czech Republic embraced GM maize in recent years, Hungary imposed a de facto ban on GM crops. By denying farmers access to potentially cost‐reducing technologies, banning GM crops could be counterproductive for the future competitiveness of EU agriculture. Qui bénéfi cie des cultures génétiquement modifiées (GM) en Europe ? Nous passons en revue l'information disponible sur leur incidence générale et évaluons les avantages potentiels des cultures GM pour l'Europe et comment ils sont répartis entre les groupes concernés. La littérature suggère qu'en moyenne, les deux‐tiers des avantages est partagée en aval entre les producteurs et les consommateurs nationaux et étrangers, tandis qu'un tiers est retenu en amont par les sélectionneurs génétiques et les distributeurs de semences. Est‐ce que cette répartition arbitraire peut s'appliquer à l'Union européenne ? Nous passons en revue des études sur le maïs, les betteraves sucrières et le colza génétiquement modifi és en Espagne, Hongrie, République tchèque et Union à 25. La valeur potentielle annuelle des technologies GM pour des états membres individuels varie de 0.1 million d'euros à 42 millions d'euros, répartis selon cette même règle. Avec une valeur globale de 668 millions d'euros par an, la tolérance aux herbicides dans la culture betteravière est la technologie GM de première génération la plus prometteuse pour l'Union européenne. Les nouveaux états membres pourraient aussi profiter nettement des cultures GM. Alors que la République tchèque s'est lancée ces dernières années dans la culture de maïs GM, la Hongrie a imposé une interdiction de fait des cultures GM. En refusant à ses agriculteurs l'accès à des technologies susceptibles de réduire les coûts, l'interdiction des cultures GM pourrait être contreproductive pour la future compétitivité de l'agriculture européenne. Wem nutzen genetisch veränderte (GV‐) Feldfrüchte in Europa? Wir prüfen die Literatur zu den allgemeinen Auswirkungen und schätzen ab, wie groß der potenzielle Wert der GV‐Feldfrüchte für Europa ist und wie dieser Wert unter allen beteiligten Gruppen aufgeteilt wird. Die Literatur deutet darauf hin, dass im Durchschnitt zwei Drittel der allgemeinen Gewinne den nachgelagerten Bereichen (“downstream”) zufallen, d.h. den einheimischen und ausländischen Landwirten und Verbrauchern, während lediglich ein Drittel dem vorgelagerten Bereich (“upstream”), d.h. Gentechnikern und Saatgutanbietern, zugute kommt. Kann diese allgemeine Faustregel auf die EU übertragen werden? Wir prüfen Untersuchungen über GV‐Mais, ‐Zuckerrüben und ‐Raps in Spanien, Ungarn, Tschechien und der EU‐25. Der potenzielle jährliche Wert aus der GV‐Technologie für einzelne Mitgliedsstaaten variiert von 0,1 Millionen bis 42 Millionen Euro, welche sich gemäß derselben Faustregel verteilen. Mit einem allgemeinen jährlichen Wert von 668 Millionen Euro handelt es sich bei der Herbizidtoleranz im Zuckerrübenanbau um die viel versprechendste europäische GV‐Technologie der ersten Generation. Die neuen Mitgliedsstaaten könnten ebenfalls wesentlich von den GV‐Feldfrüchten profi tieren. Während Tschechien den Anbau von GV‐Mais in den vergangenen Jahren angenommen hat, erließ Ungarn ein allgemeines Verbot im Hinblick auf GV‐Feldfrüchte. Ein Verbot von GV‐Feldfrüchten könnte sich kontraproduktiv auf die zukünftige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der europäischen Landwirtschaft auswirken, da den Landwirten der Zugang zu potenziell kostensenkenden Technologien verwehrt wird.

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  • Matty Demont & Koen Dillen & Erik Mathijs & Eric Tollens, 2007. "GM Crops in Europe: How Much Value and for Whom? Les cultures génétiquement modifiées en Europe : quels avantages et pour qui? Genetisch veränderte Feldfrüchte in Europa: Welcher Wert und für wen?," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 6(3), pages 46-53, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:eurcho:v:6:y:2007:i:3:p:46-53
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-692X.2007.00075.x
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