Video on Global Status of Commercialized Biotech Crops
February 22, 2008| |
Dr. Clive James, chairman of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) reports on the global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops in 2007 in this short video. The video highlights the 2007 acreage including number of farmers and crops planted, impact of biotech crops in terms of benefits gained, and the future prospects of biotech crops for the period 2006-2015. The video is available for viewing at http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/briefs/37/reportsummary/. The Executive Summary of the report (available in different languages), and presentation slides are also available for downloading on ISAAA's website.
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