Biotechnology Reports and Articles

The department has commissioned the following studies which seek to address matters of interest in agricultural biotechnology and provide balanced information. 

Reports

General

• Regional Agricultural Biotechnology Information Forums 2007-08 (March 2009)
• Biotechnology & Australian Agriculture - Towards the development of a vision strategy for the application of biotechnology to Australian Agriculture (by ACIL Tasman) (March 2009)  
• Maintaining product integrity in the Australian seed and grain supply chain – the role of sampling and testing (December 2008)
• Australia's crops and pastures in a changing climate – can biotechnology help? (December 2008)  PDF [531kb]
• GM crops: tools for insect pest and weed control in cotton and canola (November 2008)  PDF [639kb]
• Economic Impacts of GM Crops in Australia (May 2008)
• GM crops in Emerging Economies: Impacts on Australian Agriculture (March 2008)  PDF [470kb]
• A Review of Non-GM Biotechnology (November 2007) PDF [753kb]
• Plant molecular farming in Australia and overseas (March 2007)
• What’s in the pipeline? Genetically modified crops under development in Australia (November 2005)
• Genetically modified crops in Australia – the next generation (November 2005)  

Co-Existence of GM and Non GM Crops

• Adapting the GENESYS gene flow model for GM canola in Australia (March 2009)
• Maintaining product integrity in the Australian seed and grain supply chain – the role of sampling and testing for GM events (December 2008)
• GM grains in Australia - identity preservation (December 2006)  PDF [555kb]
• Sampling Pan and Test Protocol forthe Semiquantitative Detection of Genetically Modofied canola (Brasica napus) Seed in Bulk Canola Seed (August 2007)
• Segregating GM and non-GM grain in the Australian grain storage system (July 2004)  PDF [2.86Mb]
• Development of a protocol for accreditation of non-GM grain produced in a designated non-GM region - Eyre Peninsula Study (February 2005)  PDF [1mb]
• Gap Analysis in relation to Quality Management for the Supply Chain Management of Genetically Modified Products (2003)  Word [1.2mb]  PDF [1.8mb]
• Tracking potential GM inputs to the stockfeed supply chain for feedlot beef: a discussion paper (2003)  PDF [120kb]  Word [298kb]
• Review of Technologies for Detecting Genetically Modified Materials in Commodities and Food (2002)  Word [1.43mb]  PDF [889kb] 

Marketing and Trade

• GM crops in Emerging Economies: Impacts on Australian Agriculture (March 2008)  PDF [1.3mb]
• A national market access framework for GM canola and future GM crops  (August 2007)  PDF [1.2mb]
• GM Canola: An Information Package (August 2007)  PDF [2mb]
• Potential impacts from the introduction of GM canola on organic farming in Australia (May 2007)  PDF [307kb]
• Report - Biosafety Protocol - implications of the documentation regime (Feb 2006)  PDF [463kb]
• Market acceptance of GM canola -  ABARE research report (March 2007)  PDF [454kb] 
• Market Access Issues for GM Products - implications for Australia (July 2003)  PDF [297kb]   Word [1.3mb] 

Liability Issues

• A Farmer's Choice Legal liability of farmers growing crops (June 2006)  PDF [414kb]
• Liability Issues associated with GM crops in Australia (September 2003)  PDF [231kb]  Word [64kb]

Articles

• A Sampling Plan and Test Protocol for GM Canola PDF [147kb]