Celeres Report on Biotechnology in Brazil
August 20, 2010| |
Substantial growth in the adoption rate of biotech soybeans, corn and cotton in Brazil - this is the projection for the 2010/11 growing season based on the first survey on agribiotechnology in the country by Celeres, an agrobusiness consultancy group. Highlights of the report estimate that:
- Farmers will plant 17.2 million hectares with GM soybean cultivars or 76.6% of the total harvested area
- A total of 250,000 hectares will be planted to GM cotton
- Summer corn crop will reach a total cultivated area of 7.6 million hectares or 42% of the total area reserved for biotech corn
- Total area harvested with biotech corn is expected to reach 7.1 million hectares or 55.6% of the total area
For more details, email Anderson Galvao, chief editor of the report at agalvao@celeres.com.br.
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