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GM Crops: The First Ten Years
Table 9. Global GM plantings by country 1996-2005 (‘000 hectares)
US
Canada
Argentina
Brazil
China
Paraguay
Australia
South Africa
India
Others
1996
1,449
139
37
0
0
0
40
0
0
0.9
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
7,460
648
1,756
100
34
0
58
0
0
15
19,259
2,161
4,818
500
261
0
100
0.08
0
62
26,252
3,529
6,844
1,180
654
58
133
0.75
0
71
28,245
3,331
9,605
1,300
1,216
94
185
93
0
94
33,024
3,212
11,775
1,311
2,174
338
204
150
0
112
2002
37,528
3,254
13,587
1,742
2,100
477
162
214
44
136
Sources: Various including ISAAA, Canola Council of Canada, CropLife Canada, USDA, CSIRO, ArgenBio
2003 2004
40,723
4,427
14,895
3,000
2,800
737
165
301
100
209
44,788
5,074
15,883
5,000
3,700
1,200
248
528
500
527
2005
47,395
5,858
16,930
9,000
3,300
1,800
275
595
1,300
710
Total 1,665 10,072 27,161 38,730 44,163 52,300 59,245 67,357 77,448 87,163
Table 10. GM technology share of crop plantings in 2005 by country (% of total plantings)
USA
Canada
Argentina
South Africa
Australia
China
Paraguay
Brazil
Uruguay
Note: n/a = not applicable
Soybeans
93
60
99
65
n/a
n/a
93
40
100
Maize Cotton Canola
52
65
62
27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
• Canada: canola dominated plantings with a 74% share. The balance was roughly equally
split between corn (14%) and soybeans (12%);
• Argentina: soybeans accounted for the vast bulk of GM crop plantings (89%), followed by
corn (10%) and cotton (1%);
• In Brazil and Paraguay all plantings were soybeans;
• In China and Australia all plantings were cotton.
In terms of the GM share of production in the main GM technology adopting countries, Table 10
shows that, in 2005, GM technology accounted for important shares of total production of the four
main crops, in several countries. GM cultivars have been adopted at unprecedented rates by both
small and large growers because the novel traits provide cost effective options for growers to
exploit (eg, reducing expenditure on herbicides and insecticides).
6
79
n/a
50
95
90
65
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
95
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a