AUSTRIA: GMO MAIZE TO BE DESTROYED
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In an effort to prevent a further spread of genetically modified maize, more than 1,000 hectares of maize fields in Lower Austria will be destroyed by 27 July 2001. The GMO contaminated plants will be cut, chopped, checked and then dug into the ground. Farmers will receive a compensation of Sch 23,000 per hectare. Austria will claim that money back from the producer of the maize seeds, Pioneer. The problem is, however, that the GMO contaminated seeds, PR39D81 or MONALISA, can only be traced to the seed merchants, but not to the individual farmers. A hotline has been set up for the estimated 100-200 farmer concerned.
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Year: 2001
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AUSTRIA: GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR GMO TEST
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The Austrian government has approved subsidies of Sch 10.4mn for a two-year project of the Vienna Agricultural University (Boku) for the testing of genetically adapted apricots. In the test, the trees are grown in a greenhouse. The environment spokesman of the government party FPO says that his party will not give approvals for outdoor tests with genetically manipulated organisms. The government decision to fund the project was criticised by the opposition social democratic (SPO) and Green parties and the environment organisations Global 2000 and Greenpeace.
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AUSTRIA: ANOTHER GM MAIZE SORT BANNED
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The Austrian minister of social affairs Elisabeth Sickl has temporarily forbidden the import and cultivation of the genetically modified maize sort Chardon LL T 25 developed by Aventis. Austria had earlier banned GM maize sorts by Novartis and Monsanto. The European Union has to make the final decision on the ban.
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