Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2007 (ISAAA Briefing No 37) Executive Summary
James C (2007). ISAAA Brief No. 37.
This paper is relevant to the Agronomic, Socio-Economic, Environmental, and Developing Country categories in the following areas:
| Crops: | Wheat, Maize, Potato, Soybean, Rice, Oilseed Rape, Sweet Potato, Papaya, Other, and Cotton |
| Traits: | Insect Resistance, Herbicide Tolerance, and Insect Res. (BT) |
| Countries: | Global |
| Regions: | Middle East, South America, North America, Europe, Australia / NZ, Asia, and Africa |
| ImpactAreas: | Agronomic, Socio-Economic, Environmental, and Developing Countries |
Abstract or Summary:
In 2007, for the twelfth consecutive year, the global area of biotech crops continued to soar. Remarkably, growth continued at a sustained double-digit growth rate of 12%, or 12.3 million hectares (30 million acres) – the second highest increase in global biotech crop area in the last five years – reaching 114.3 million hectares (282.4 million acres). The number of countries planting biotech crops increased to 23, and comprised 12 developing countries and 11 industrial countries with the first eight of these countries grew more than 1 million hectares each.
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