global area of biotech crops, 1996 to 2015: …in 2015, global area of biotech crops was 179.7...
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Source: Clive James, 2015
Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2015:Industrial and Developing Countries (M Has, M Acres)
M Acres
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
TotalIndustrialDeveloping
494
445
395
346
296
247
198
148
99
49
0
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Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2015:By Crop (Million Hectares, Million Acres)
Source: Clive James, 2015
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
0
25
49
74
99
124
148
173
198
222
247
M Acres
Soybean
Maize
CottonCanola
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Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2015:By Trait (Million Hectares, Million Acres)
Source: Clive James, 2015
M Acres
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150
49
99
148
198
247
297
Herbicide Tolerance
Insect Resistance (Bt)
Stacked Traits
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Global Adoption Rates (%) for PrincipalBiotech Crops (Million Hectares, Million Acres), 2015
Source: Clive James, 2015Hectarage based on FAO Data for 2013.
020406080
100120140160180200
83%Soybean
75%Cotton
29%Maize
24%Canola
ConventionalBiotech
111
32
185
36
M Acres
04999
140198247296346395445494
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Biotech Crop Countries and Mega-Countries*, 2015
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Global Area (Million Hectares) of Biotech Crops, 2015: by Country
Biotech Mega Countries
50,000 hectares (125,000 acres), or more
1. USA2. Brazil*3. Argentina*4. India*5. Canada6. China*7. Paraguay*8. Pakistan*9. South Africa*10. Uruguay*11. Bolivia*12. Philippines*13. Australia14. Burkina Faso*15. Myanmar*16. Mexico*17. Spain18. Colombia*19. Sudan*
70.944.224.511.611.03.73.62.92.31.41.10.70.70.40.30.10.10.10.1
Less than 50,000 hectares
Honduras*Chile*PortugalVietnam*Czech Republic
SlovakiaCosta Rica*Bangladesh*Romania
* Developing countries
1%
Marginal Decrease from 2014
28 countries which have adopted biotech crops
In 2015, global area of biotech crops was 179.7 million hectares, representing a marginal decrease of 1% from 2014, equivalent to 1.8 million hectares.
Source: Clive James, 2015.
Million Hectares