| Highlights | 
                    
                    
                      | Executive Summary  | 
                    
                    
                      | Introduction  | 
                    
                    
                      | Global Area of Biotech Crops in    2008  | 
                    
                    
                      | Distribution    of Biotech Crops in Industrial and Developing Countries  | 
                    
                    
                      | Distribution of Biotech    Crops by Country  | 
                    
                    
                       | 
                      USA  
                        Argentina  
                        Brazil  
                        India  
                        Canada  
                        China  
                        Paraguay  
                        South Africa  
                        Uruguay  
                        Bolivia  
                        Philippines  
                        Australia  
                        Mexico  
                        Spain  
                        Chile  
                        Colombia  
                        Honduras  
                        Burkina Faso  
                        Czech Republic  
                        Romania  
                        Portugal  
                        Germany  
                        Poland  
                        Slovakia  
                        Egypt  
                        European Union | 
                    
                    
                    
                      | Distribution of Biotech    Crops, by Crop  | 
                    
                    
                       | 
                      Biotech Soybean  
                        Biotech Maize  
                        Biotech Cotton  
                        Biotech Canola  
                        Biotech Alfalfa  
                        Other Biotech Crops  | 
                    
                    
                    
                      | Distribution of Biotech    Crops, by Trait  | 
                    
                    
                      | Dominant Biotech Crops in 2008  | 
                    
                    
                      | Global    Adoption of Biotech Soybean, Maize, Cotton and Canola  | 
                    
                    
                      | The Global Value of the    Biotech Crop Market  | 
                    
                    
                      | Global Status of Regulatory    Approvals  | 
                    
                    
                      | Concluding Comments  | 
                    
                    
                      | Future Prospects  | 
                    
                    
                      | Acknowledgments  | 
                    
                    
                      | References  | 
                    
                    
                      | Feature    Article on Drought Tolerance in Maize by Greg O Edmeades  | 
                    
                    
                      | Appendices | 
                    
                    
                       | 
                      Appendix 1:    Global Status of Regulatory Approvals  | 
                    
                    
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                      Appendix 2: Global    Crop Protection Market  | 
                    
                    
                       | 
                      Appendix    3: Useful Tables and Charts on the International Seed Trade  | 
                    
                    
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                      Appendix 4:    Why the IAASTD Failed by Robert Wager  |