Category Archives: Media

The issues of yield increases for GM and no price premiums for non-GM were hot in the GM debate. Maarten Stapper wrote letters to the editor about these issues in late August 2007. It was published as GM is losing … Continue reading →

The letter-to-the-editor “Research doubts” by Maarten Stapper in The Land of 6 December and The Weekly Times of 12 December (see media ‘CSU GM canola’) provoked a response from Professor Pratley. Published in The Land (13 Dec.) and The Weekly Times … Continue reading →

Anna Salleh Friday, 23 March 2007    ABC Science Online Australia’s national science agency says it is sticking with research into organic and biological farming, in response to recent comments suggesting it is abandoning the field. Despite CSIRO’s reassurance, some critics are concerned the … Continue reading →

A press release about a Charles Sturt University 1999 to 2003 GM canola study generated reporting by the Rural Press in FarmOnline  ‘Report says GM Canola in front’  (13 Nov.) and The Land  ‘CSU research supports GM canola’  by Alan Dick(15 Nov.). The first … Continue reading →

The Sunday Age, 27 May 2007  … “I could have continued working for the CSIRO but I would have to give up all my beliefs about good agriculture and keep my mouth shut about GM,” he said. “I didn’t want … Continue reading →

The Sunday Age, 27 May 2007  … “I could have continued working for the CSIRO but I would have to give up all my beliefs about good agriculture and keep my mouth shut about GM,” he said. “I didn’t want … Continue reading →

March 26, 2007 – The Organic Advantage Ed.85 “The Biological Farmers of Australia is deeply concerned that CSIRO has decided to scrap the work of Dr Maarten Stapper an agronomist within Plant Sciences. This area of research that is critical … Continue reading →

The CSIRO’s dumping of one of Australia’s top biological-organic farming systems scientists has sparked strong reactions in the Country papers and magazines.

The feature below by Maarten Stapper was sent to The Age but was NOT PUBLISHED. He was  interviewed though, and an article appeared ten days later in The Sunday Age of 27 May 2007 (see under Media), a special report in … Continue reading →

Canberra Times, 20-24 March 2007 Biological and organic farming systems expert and GM critic Dr Maarten Stapper, has been dumped by the CSIRO in a time when Australian production can hardly keep up with organic demand in the cities.