The government have made a clear decision that compensation for loss arising out of the coexistence of GM and non-GM production should be borne by the GM sector. The paper outlines various options for financing that obligation. Private insurance is not considered a viable option at this time. There is no consideration of the situation where a GM crop is damaged by the presence of a non-GM contaminant.
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DEFRA July 2006.
“Consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops”
Whilst Defra remains open to the idea of an insurance market developing, it does not see this as a solution in the short-to-medium term. Therefore, the issues around a possible insurance market have not been explored in this paper.
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