Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2007

Major Biotech Crops #19 #12 #16 #20 #18 #23 #21
Portugal Spain* France Germany Czech Republic Poland Slovakia Global Area of Biotech Crops
<0.05 Million Hectares 0.1 Million Hectares <0.05 Million Hectares <0.05 Million Hectares <0.05 Million Hectares <0.05 Million Hectares <0.05 Million Hectares in 2007: by Country (Million
Soybean Hectares)
Maize Maize Maize Maize Maize Maize Maize
Country Area Biotech crops
• 64% (58.6 million hectares)
of total global soybean #4 #22
planted is biotech USA* 57.7 Soybean, maize,
• US$3.1B increase in farmer Canada* Romania cotton, canola, squash,
income 7.0 Million Hectares 0.05 Million Hectares papaya, alfalfa
• Countries growing biotech Argentina* 19.1 Soybean, maize, cotton
soybean: Argentina, Brazil, Brazil* 15.0 Soybean, cotton
Canola, Maize, Soybean Maize
Canada, Chile, Mexico, Canada* 7.0 Canola, maize, soybean
Paraguay, and South Africa
India* 6.2 Cotton
#1 #6 China* 3.8 Cotton, tomato, poplar,
China* petunia, papaya, sweet
Maize USA*
pepper
57.7 Million Hectares 3.8 Million Hectares Paraguay* 2.6 Soybean
South Africa* 1.8 Maize, soybean, cotton
• 24% (35.2 million hectares) Soybean, Maize, Cotton, Cotton, Tomato, Poplar,
Uruguay* 0.5 Soybean, maize
of total global maize Canola, Squash, Papaya, Petunia, Papaya, Sweet
Philippines* 0.3 Maize
planted is biotech Alfalfa Pepper
Australia* 0.1 Cotton
• US$1.4B increase in farmer
income in 2006 Spain* 0.1 Maize
• Countries growing biotech Mexico* 0.1 Cotton, soybean
#13 #5
maize: Argentina, Canada, Colombia <0.05 Cotton, carnation
Chile, Czech Republic, Mexico* India* Chile <0.05 Maize, soybean, canola
France, Germany, 0.1 Million Hectares 6.2 Million Hectares France <0.05 Maize
Honduras, Philippines,
Honduras <0.05 Maize
Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Cotton, Soybean Cotton Czech Rep. <0.05 Maize
Slovakia, South Africa,
Spain, Uruguay, and the Portugal <0.05 Maize
USA Germany <0.05 Maize
#17 #10 Slovakia <0.05 Maize
Honduras Philippines* Romania <0.05 Maize
Cotton 0.3 Million Hectares Poland <0.05 Maize
<0.05 Million Hectares

Maize Maize * 13 biotech mega-countries growing

• 43% (15 million hectares) of
total global cotton planted
is biotech
• US$2.2 B increase in
farmer income in 2006
• Countries growing
biotech cotton: Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, China,
Colombia, Mexico, South
Africa, and the USA
Canola
• 20% (5 million hectares) of
total global canola planted
is biotech
• US$0.2B increase in farmer
income in 2006
• Countries growing biotech
canola: Canada, Chile, and
the USA
50,000 hectares, or more, of biotech
crops.
Developing countries in italics
#14 #11
Colombia Australia*
<0.05 Million Hectares 0.1 Million Hectares
Cotton, Carnation Cotton Biotech Crop Traits:
• Herbicide tolerance (HT)
• Insect resistance (IR)
* 13 biotech #15 #2 #9 #7 #3 #8 • Virus resistance (VR)
mega-countries Chile Argentina* Uruguay* Paraguay* Brazil* South Africa* • Delayed ripening (DR)
growing 50,000
<0.05 Million Hectares 19.1 Million Hectares 0.5 Million Hectares 2.6 Million Hectares 15.0 Million Hectares 1.8 Million Hectares • Stacked traits
hectares, or
more, of biotech (IR/HT, IR/IR, IR/IR/HT)
Maize, Soybean, Canola Soybean, Maize, Cotton Soybean, Maize Soybean Soybean, Cotton Maize, Soybean, Cotton
crops.
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