Czech Technology Platform for Organic Agriculture (English)
DUHA/Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Czech)
Greenpeace Czech Republic (Czech)
Ministry of agriculture:
http://eagri.cz/public/web/mze/zemedelstvi/gmo-geneticky-modifikovane-organismy/ (only in czech)
http://www.bezpecnostpotravin.cz/kategorie/geneticky-modifikovane-potraviny-a-krmiva.aspx (only in czech)
Ministry of agriculture issued a report about Czech farmers´ experience with cultivation of bt maize available at:
eagri.cz/public/web/file/52756/CZ_experience_with_Bt_maize_2005_2009.pdf
Ministry of the Environment:
http://www.mzp.cz/en/gmo
(in czech there are more info: http://www.mzp.cz/cz/geneticky_modifikovane_organismy)
The Czech Environmental Inspectorate: http://www.cizp.cz/GMO (only in czech)
*There is lack of information on the risks associated with GMOs and the info in general is not up to date.
MON810 cultivation in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic there is unfortunately currently no GM free region but from the figures it is obvious that we are not a significant cultivators either. In 2015 the area of bt maize accounted only for 0.30 % of the total maize area.
Year | Size of the commercially cultivated MON810 area in the CZ (Ha) | Number of MON810 growers |
2005 | 270 | 51 |
2006 | 1290 | 82 |
2007 | 5000 | 126 |
2008 | 8380 | 167 |
2009 | 6480 | 121 |
2010 | 4680 | 82 |
2011 | 5090 | 64 |
2012 | 3050 | 41 |
2013 | 2560 | 31 |
2014 | 1754 | 18 |
2015 | 997 | 11 |
(Updated in May 2016 Information provided by a PhD student of the Environmental Humanities at Masaryk University)
National
Czech Republic Biotechnology GMO Approval Process, GAIN Report, Oct. 2004.
Act 153/2000: Act on the use of Genetically Modified Organisms and products and amendement of some related acts.
Decree No. 372 of the Ministry of the Environment of October 6, 2000 laying down the technical procedures, that may result in a genetically modified organism and technical procedures that are not considered to result in a genetically modified organism.
Decree No. 373 of the Ministry of the Environment of October 6, 2000 laying down the requirements on contained space and protective measures for the individual risk categories in contained use of genetically modified organisms.
Decree No. 374 of the Ministry of the Environment of October 6, 2000 on detailed conditions for the use of genetically modified organisms and products.
Draft Decree laying down the details of the growing of genetically modified varieties
Lucern, April 2009
Karel Blaha, Czech First Deputy Minister of the Environment: Genetically Modified Crops in Europe
Civil Society and GMO Policy in Eastern Europe, Sebastian Striegel, Germany, Diploma thesis written at freie universität Berlin
Koexistenzmaβnahmen in der Tschechischen Republik, Marie Čeřovská, Ministerium für Landwirtschaft der Tschechischen Republik
Depoliticisation of the Public in the Czech GMO debate, Tereza Stöckelová, Center for Theoretical Study, Oct. 2001.
Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, Paris, France, OECD,
US Department of Agriculture: Annunal Agricultural Biotech Report
