Global Status of Commercialized Biotech GM Crops 2006

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Global Status of Commercialized Biotech / GM
Crops 2006
Brussels, January 23, 2007 Prof. Em. Marc Van
Montagu Chairman I.P.B.O. Institute Plant
Biotechnology for Developing Countries Website ht
tp//www.ipbo.ugent.be http//www.psb.ugent.be
http//www.pubresreg.org E-mail
mamon_at_psb.ugent.be
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CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY

• Global food security
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Plants as biomass for a less polluting
• industry
• Biological solutions for environmental pollution

• INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGY
• CAPACITY BUILDING
• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

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2006 Highlights --- A Milestone Year

• 100 million hectare barrier breached 12 million
  ha 13 - second highest in last 5 years
• 102 m. has in 22 countries, up from 90m has in
  21 countries in 2005
• gt500 million hectares planted globally since
  1996
• More than 10 mill. biotech farmers 10.3
  million up from 8.5 million in 2005 90 or
  9.3 mill. are resource-poor farmers in developing
  countries
• Of 6.5 billion global population more than 50,
  3.6 billion, live in the 22 biotech countries in
  2006

Source Clive James 2007
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Biotech Crop Countries and Mega-Countries, 2006
Source Clive James, 2006
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2006 Major Growth on all Continents

• In North America, US growth soars by 4.8 million
  ha largest absolute growth for any country in
  2006
• In South America, Brazil biotech soybean cotton
  (new in 2006) grows 22 to 11.5 million hectares
• In Asia India triples area of Bt cotton to 3.8
  million ha compared with China at 3.5 million ha
• South Africa triples biotech crop area to 1.4
  million ha, with major increase in maize for food
  and feed
• Slovakia in the EU becomes 6th country to plant
  Bt maize

Source Clive James 2007
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Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2006 By
Crop (Million Hectares)
Source C.James, ISAAA. 2006
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Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2006 By
Trait (Million Hectares)
Source C.James, ISAAA. 2006
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Global Adoption Rates () for Principal Biotech
Crops (Million Hectares)
Source C.James, ISAAA. 2006
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Ten Years of Genetically Modified Crops in
Argentine AgricultureEduardo J. TrigoEugenio
J. CapDecember 2006http//www.argenbio.com/h/n
uevo_estudio/10anos.php