Coexistence of GM with nonGM crops

Today, the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops is highly debated, both in politics and in public. Environmental, consumer and farmer associations emphasize for various reasons and motivations that a coexistence of the two cropping systems is virtually not possible in Switzerland due to its small-scale agricultural production. Agroscope FAL Reckenholz, the Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, shows in a new study that from a scientific point of view the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in Switzerland is possible. However, technical and organizational measures as well as the exchange of information and agreements between farmers are necessa