1. “Agronomic and socio-economic impacts of New Plant Biotechnologies”
Dr Emilio Rodríguez-Cerezo
Joint Research Centre-IPTS
FAO-EPSO Consultation Workshop
“Plant Sciences for Sustainable Crop Production: Strengthening Partnerships between Europe and Developing Countries”
25-27 June 2012 FAO-Rome

2. The JRC

3. JRC-IPTS A Policy Studies Institute: support to EU policy-making
Customers: EC DGs but also Member States and EP
Focus: “Techno-economics” research to generate evidence-based responses to policy challenges that are essentially socio-economic in nature, but that also scientific/technological connection
Tools: expert panels, surveys, economic modelling, scenario analysis (quantitative)

4. JRC-IPTS “AGRITECH” Mission
Research on the adoption and socio-economic impacts of biotechnologies in agriculture (technologies regulated at EU or global level)
Develop codes of practice for adopted technologies at farm level to manage economic risks and maximize benefits (coexistence)
Pre-normative research: policy options for governance of new plant technologies

5. 1
Socio-Economic and Agronomic Impact Assessment of biotech (GM) crops & policies: global reviews
Stakeholder conference on Socio Economic Impacts GMOs (October 2011 Brussels)
Review of scientific evidence: Statistical meta-analyses of published papers on GM crop impacts
FAO/JRC workshop on global SE Impacts of GM crops (to be released on Thursday 28 June 2012)

7. Socio-Economic & Agronomic Impacts of GM crops
Ex-post analyses (after crop is introduced)
Ex-ante analyses (before crop is authorized)
Impacts on yields
Impacts on farm-family income
Impacts on agricultural input use (pesticides)
Socio-demographic characterization of farmers adopting the technology
Reasons for adoption/non-adoption

8. Socio Economic Impact of GM crops: impacts for global trade of agricultural products
Identify regulatory status of plant biotech varieties world wide and commercial pipeline (5-10 years horizon)
Spot problems of asynchronous approvals
Consequences: trade restrictions, bans…
SEA, Cartagena

9. 2
Codes of practice for new technologies: Coexistence between GM/non GM crops and supply chains
EU “Coexistence” objectives: ensure farmer and consumer right to chose
Elaborate consensus best agronomic practices to avoid unintended mixing of harvests/
Measures to be technically feasible and uncompromising with farm economic viability
Goal: manage the economic risk of admixtures

10. http://ecob.jrc.ec.europa.eu ECoB “European Coexistence Bureau”
JRC, member states experts, stakeholders
Developing best agricultural practices for coexistence
Scope: from sowing to harvest

12. Policy anticipation/Emerging plant biotechnologies3
Policy anticipation/Emerging plant biotechnologies
GMO legal definition is 20 years old in EU
Novel biotechnologies developed in the last decade are now applied by breeders
Their regulatory “classification” is unclear worldwide
But their potential in agronomy is high

13. ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE TECHNOLOGY (ZFN 1-3)
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS (ODM)
RNA-DEPENDENT DNA METHYLATION (RdDM)
CISGENESIS AND INTRAGENESIS
GRAFTING (ON GM ROOTSTOCK)
AGRO-INFILTRATION
REVERSE BREEDING
(SYNTHETIC GENOMICS)

14. NEW PLANT BREEDING TECHNIQUES
ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE TECHNIQUE
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS
MEGANUCLEASE TECHNIQUE
CISGENESIS AND INTRAGENESIS
REVERSE BREEDING
RNA DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION
EARLY FLOWERING
AGROINFILTRATION
GRAFTING ON GM ROOTSTOCK

15. State of the of R&D and patenting in NPBT
Current degree of adoption of the new breeding techniques by industry
Pipeline/calendar for potential products to market
Drivers: technical/economic advantages
Constraints: regulatory uncertainty, technical efficiency, safety issues
Comparative policy/regulatory status (EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, Argentina)

16. Lusser, M. , Parisi, C. , Plan, D. , Rodriguez-Cerezo, E. , 2012
Lusser, M., Parisi, C., Plan, D., Rodriguez-Cerezo, E., Nat Biotech 30,

17. Lusser, M. , Parisi, C. , Plan, D. , Rodriguez-Cerezo, E. , 2012
Lusser, M., Parisi, C., Plan, D., Rodriguez-Cerezo, E., Nat Biotech 30,

18. Breeding 2020 “Plant breeding for EU Bioeconomy & food security”
Breeding needs for EU food security/bioeconomy
Gaps not covered by private sector
Potential of public sector and PPPs
Structure of the public sector: funding/staff/outputs (varieties)
Workshops w/stakeholders & industry
Final report end 2012

19. Thank you for your attention