20. Participating experts agreed that the introduction of GM crops in the agro-ecosystem has added a new and interesting dimension to ecological and environmental research. They felt that although several new initiatives have been launched for the long term assessment of the environmental impacts on GM crops at the field level, many gaps remain. Scientific knowledge was limited in a number of key areas and especially those that are listed in Table 1. Experts stressed that the gaps in scientific data had to be overcome through more focussed research in order to provide better understanding of the potential effects of GM crops on the agro-ecosystem, and on agriculture practices.
TABLE 1: KEY KNOWLEDGE GAPS
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