Title Genetiškai modifikuotų organizmų naudojimo ekonominio poveikio Lietuvos žemės ir maisto ūkiui vertinimo aspektai :
Another Title Assessment aspects of economic impact of genetically modified organisms on Lithuanian food sector and agriculture.
Authors Kozlovskaja, Audronė ; Melnikienė, Rasa ; Lukošiutė, Ingrida
ISBN 9789955481263
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Pages 106
Keywords [eng] Genetically modified organisms ; Genetically modified products ; Food and agriculture ; Ekonomic impact
Abstract [eng] The study focuses on economic consequences resulting from GMO use on agriculture and food sector in Lithuania. GMO is spread globally, however leading to various estimations of the fact. In their discussions on the use of GMO, in addition to economic benefits of biotechnologies to producers and the capability of increasing global food supply by means of GMO, scientists, politicians and the public emphasize threats emerging from GMO's uncontrolled spread and unexplored impact on human health. Liberalization of legal regulation of GMO use in the EU countries determines relevance of the assessment. EU legislation provides for increasing rights of state institutions to decide regarding broader use of GMO. Lithuanian authorities must make decisions in the light of various aspects of this issue, continuously follow up on GMO related processes and evaluate of economic consequences. The objective of the study is to create a system of criteria enabling the assessment of economic consequences of the GMO use in food sector and agriculture. The following tasks are undertaken in order to achieve the above objective: Definition of political, economic, social and technological factors determining global spread of GMO; Assessment of the state of GMO use in the EU; Justification of methods applied for the assessment of the consequences of the GMO use; Assessment of financial results and potential economic alternatives related to GMO use; Assessment of potential economic consequences of GMO use based on accomplished calculations; Presentation of proposals for the development of the monitoring ratios of economic consequences related to GMO use.
Type Book
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2011