AMIGA «Assessing and Monitoring the Impacts of Genetically modified plants (GMPs) on Agro-ecosystems» is a newly started EU project, funded by the FP7, aiming at producing scientific data related to the possible environmental and economic impacts of cultivation of GMPs that are relevant to European environments.
The AMIGA consortium is composed by 22 partners, highly experts in the specific fields of studies of the project research and analysis of different aspects of GM plants and their cultivation, including Research Centres, Universities, State Agencies and SMEs. The partners are located in 15 EU countries and Argentina and will contribute in validating and monitoring in areas where GM crops are cultivated on larger scales. The coordinator of the project is the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy, which is the second largest research organisation in Italy.
The scientific activities of the consortium will consist of case studies of maize and potato, which are the two GM crops currently approved for cultivation in Europe, and surveys in non-GM agro-systems.