AGRICULTURE and Food Minister Mark Lewis said the passing of the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Repeal Bill 2015 last week was great news for WA agribusiness exports, already worth close to $8 billion a year.
He said it provided certainty to farmers and investors, reduced red tape and provided access to new opportunities and tools for grain growers to be innovative.
“GM technology is a transformative technology, enabling major improvements in pest and disease resistance, crop productivity and adaption to differing growing conditions,” Mr Lewis said.
“It is essential when we are presented with these new and approved technologies to produce higher yielding crops, that we don’t delay in embracing them.”
WA Agriculture and Food Minister Mark Lewis.
