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2007 ISAAA Report on Global Status of 2007 ISAAA Report on Global Status of Biotech/GM Crops Biotech/GM Crops by by Dr. Clive James, Chair, ISAAA Board of Directors Dr. Clive James, Chair, ISAAA Board of Directors International Service for the Acquisition International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) http://www.isaaa.org http://www.isaaa.org
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The Three Philanthropic Co The Three Philanthropic Co sponsors of the ISAAA 2007 Report the ISAAA 2007 Report
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• The Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation , USA – associated with the green revolution that saved 1 billion people from hunger in the 1960s, largely in Asia
• Ibercaja Ibercaja , Spain – the fourth largest bank in Spain based in the maize growing area of the country where Bt maize is successfully grown – the largest area of Bt maize in the EU
• Fondazione Bussolera Bussolera Branca Branca , Italy – supports the sharing of knowledge to aid global society to make knowledge society to make knowledge based decisions about biotech crops Source: Clive James, 2008
Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2007: I S A A A Industrial and Developing Countries (Million Hectares) 140 120 100
Total Industrial Developing
80 60 40 20 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Source: Clive James, 2008
Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2007: By Crop (Million Hectares)
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70 60 50 40
Soybean Maize Cotton Canola
30 20 10 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Source: Clive James, 2008
Global Area of Biotech Crops, 1996 to 2007: By Trait (Million Hectares) 80 70
Herbicide Tolerance
60
Insect Resistance Herbicide Tolerance/Insect Resistance
50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Source: Clive James, 2008
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Global Adoption Rates (%) for Principal Biotech Crops (Million Hectares) 2007 M Acres
396
160
346
140
297
120
247
100
198
80
148
60
99
40
49
20
0
0
148
Conventional Biotech
91
35 27
64%
43%
24%
Soybean
Cotton
Maize
Source: Clive James, 2008
20%
Canola
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Biotech Crop Countries and MegaCountries, 2007I S A A A
GLOBAL AREA OF BIOTECH CROPS
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Million Hectares (1996 to 2007) Total
140
23 Biotech Crop Countries
Industrial Developing
120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Increase of 12%, 12.3 million hectares (30 million acres), between 2006 and 2007. Source: Clive James, 2007.