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| Title: | Are EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations proportional? |
| Authors: | Demont, Matty
Daems, W.
Dillen, Koen
Mathijs, Erik
Sausse, C.
Tollens, Eric |
| Keywords: | policy analysis
GIS
shadow factor |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | The EU is currently struggling to implement coherent coexistence regulations on genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops in all member states. While it stresses that any approach needs to be “proportionate to the aim of achieving coexistence”, very few studies have actually attempted to assess whether the proposed spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) satisfy this proportionality condition. In this article, we define proportionality as a functional relationship which is weakly increasing in the incentives for coexistence. We propose a spatial framework based on an existing landscape and introduce the new concept of shadow factor as a measure for the opportunity costs induced by SEACERs. This enables comparing the proportionality of (i) rigid SEACERs which are based on large isolation distances imposed on GM farmers versus (ii) flexible SEACERs based on pollen barrier agreements between neighboring farmers. Our theoretical and empirical findings argue for flexibility as rigid SEACERs violate the proportionality condition and, hence, are not consistent with the objectives of the EU. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/44191 |
| Institution/Association: | European Association of Agricultural Economists>2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium |
| Total Pages: | 15 |
| Collections: | 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
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