<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should consider this:<i> South Australia will extend its moratorium on GM crops until at least 2019 because of the <u>economic</u> <u>benefits</u>.<br>
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<font size="4">Genetically modified crops ban to be extended in South Australia</font><br>
<br>ABC News, 7 Nov 2013<br>
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South Australia will extend a moratorium on genetically modified crops until at least 2019.<br>
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SA is the only mainland state maintaining a ban on GM crop production and trials.<br>
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Government Minister Leon Bignell said the state's GM-free status gave
primary producers a competitive advantage in key overseas markets,
including Japan.<br>
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He said a continuing ban would help protect premium food and wine production and allow grain producers to attract higher prices.<br>
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"We've got a strong reputation not just around Australia but around the
world for producing clean, green premium food and we think having a
moratorium on the growing of GM crops really helps us in that end," he
said.<br>
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"People are paying a $50 a tonne premium and we think there's a lot more
advantages to having the moratorium in place than to lift it."<br>
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The Opposition said it too would ensure there was a ban on genetically
modified crops until at least 2019 if it took office next March.<br>
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But Opposition agriculture spokesman David Ridgway said a ban needed
regular review to ensure restrictions on growing GM crops did not put
local farmers at a disadvantage.<br>
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"We support a moratorium but it needs to be monitored," he said.<br>
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"The Government claims that we get benefits, more dollars per tonne, it
enhances our reputation - it should be continually monitored just to
make sure our farmers and our producers are getting the benefits the
Government claims that we are getting a market advantage for our quality
food and wine."</span><br><br><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><i><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)">============================<br>CHUCK SEARCY<br>71 Tran Quoc Toan, Hanoi, Vietnam<br>Mobile: � � �+84 (0) 903 420 769<br>
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