Objective
(I) to assess the implications for long term biological efficacy of the current EU regulations and market structures and intellectual property rights for biopesticides;
(ii) to assess whether the EU regulations, markets and legal protection for new biopestides could be re-structured so as to enhance the long-term biological efficacy of biopesticides, and if so, propose suitable changes;
(iii)to assess the implications of possible alternatives to the current egulations, market structures and property rights for the long term biological efficacy of genetically engineered biopesticides as well as traditional biopesticide methodologies;
(iv)to assess whether a consensus exists regarding regulatory, market and property rights measures that could increase the long term biological efficacy of genetically engineered biopesticides.
We propose focusing on Baccillus thuringiensis (Bt) because it is currently the most developed biopesticides, it has a long history of traditional use, it has been bred in many forms and it has also been engineered into a number of field crops. Bt is used in integrated pest management (IPM), integrated crop management (ICM), organic and genetically engineered (GE) approaches to pest management and the GE versions are about to reach the European market. The implications of our detailed study of Bt will be applied to the broad range of biopesticides in existence and in the pipeline.
The project will review the relevant literature in English, French, German and Spanish, interview stake-holders in Sweden, the UK, the USA and Spain and discuss the issues with officials of DGXII, DGXIII, DGVI and DGIII of the European Commission. Stake-holders in France and Germany will be questioned.
A European Workshop on Bt will be organised with contributions from all major stake-holders; these will form a major part of the final report.
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United Kingdom
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