GM canola has an edge on 'purity premiums' - ABARE
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27/02/2001
Conventionally-produced canola would need to attract price premiums of about 10 percent over genetically modified (GM) canola to economically justify producers' decisions to remain GM-free, the government's commodities think tank said yesterday. It was doubtful such premiums were available on a wide scale, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) said in a paper presented to the Outlook 2001 conference.