Global Status Distribution of Biotech Crops in Industrial and Developing Countries The proportion of biotech crops grown in developing countries has increased consistently every year from 14% in 1997, to 16% in 1998, to 18% in 1999, 24% in 2000, 26% in 2001, 27% in 2002, 30% in 2003 and 34% in 2004. Thus, in 2004, more than one third, of the global biotech crop area of 81.0 million hectares, equivalent to 27.6 million hectares, was grown in developing countries where growth continued to be very strong between 2003 and 2004. Continued strong growth was reported by China, India, and the Philippines in Asia as well as by the three large economies of Latin America, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico plus Uruguay and Paraguay and South Africa on the African continent. It is noteworthy that for the first time the absolute growth in the biotech crop area between 2003 and 2004 was higher in the developing countries (7.2 million hectares) than in industrial countries (6.1 million hectares). Equally important to note that the percentage growth was almost three times as high (35%) in the developing countries of the South, compared to the industrial countries of the North (13%).
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