The Farm Scale Evaluations
The Farm-scale Evaluations results of GM maize, beet and spring oilseed rape (published 16 October 2003)
Results presentations for maize, beet and spring oilseed rape
Following the SSC Farm-scale Results Presentation on 16th and 28th October 2003, archived streams of the speakers and selected powerpoint presentations were made available for viewing at www.livegroup.co.uk/sscfarmscaleevaluations/
The scientific papers on maize, beet and spring oilseed rape
The full results of the farm-scale evaluations were published as a series of scientific papers in the independent journal The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Biological Sciences). For a full copy of the scientific results visit the journal's website at www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk.
Scientific Commentary on the maize, beet and spring oilseed rape results
A scientific commentary on the farm-scale evaluation results has been produced by the research team and approved by the scientific steering committee. This summarises the results presented in the scientific papers and described the results in detail by crop type. This is available to download in Adobe Acrobat format [PDF] (This is a large file - 1.25 MB. You may wish to save this file to your own PC before accessing it - consult our Help page for advice on downloading or reading Adobe Acrobat documents.)
Scientific Steering Committee Advice published in October 2003
The scientific steering committee issued advice in October 2003 following the publication of the FSE maize, beet and oilseed rape results.
Implications of the results
The Government's advisers on GM crop releases, the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment are responsible for advising Government on the implications of the FSE results. Details are available on the ACRE web-site.
Advice on the implications of the farm-scale evaluations has also been provided by British statutory nature conservation agencies (The Countryside Council for Wales, English Nature, JNCC and Scottish Natural Heritage). This advice is available to download in Adobe Acrobat format [PDF] (45 KB).
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