ISAAA Brief 51-2015: Contents

Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2015

• List of Tables and Figures
• Top Ten Facts About Biotech/GM Crops in their first 20 Years, 1996 to 2015
• Executive Summary and the 20 Year Celebratory Essays: A separate supplement to this
• Brief and accessible at http://wwwisaaa.org
  
• Introduction
  
• Global Area of Biotech Crops in 2015
  
• Distribution of Biotech Crops in Industrial and Developing Countries
  
• Distribution of Biotech Crops, by Country
  
  • USA
    
  • Brazil
    
  • Argentina
    
  • India
    
  • Canada
    
  • China
    
  • Paraguay
    
  • Pakistan
    
  • South Africa
    
  • Uruguay
    
  • Bolivia
    
  • Philippines
    
  • Australia
    
  • Burkina Faso
    
  • Myanmar
    
  • Mexico
    
  • Spain
    
  • Colombia
    
  • Sudan
    
  • Honduras
    
  • Chile
    
  • Portugal
    
  • Vietnam 
    
  • Czech Republic
    
  • Slovakia
    
  • Costa Rica
    
  • Bangladesh
    
  • Romania
    
  • Africa
    
  • European Union
    
  • Cuba
    
• 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
  
• Global Adoption of Biotech Soybean, Maize, Cotton, and Canola
  
• Global Approval of Biotech Crops
  
• The Global Value of the Biotech Crop Market
  
• Current and Future Challenges
  
  • Feeding the World of 2050
    
  • UN Population Projections and Food Demand 
    
  • Alleviating Poverty in Small Resource-poor Farmers 
    
  • Food Security and Climate Change
    
• Meeting the Challenges 
  
  • Global Efforts to Reduce Hunger and Poverty
    
  • Climate Change: Papal Encyclical and COP 21 in Paris
    
  • Contribution of Biotech Crops to Food Security, Sustainability and Climate Change
    
• Regulation of biotech crops 
  
• Global meta-analysis confers significant and multiple benefits
  
• Status of Golden Rice
  
• Stewardship and Resistance Management of Biotech Crops
  
• Progress of New Product Approvals and Commercialization
  
• Potential New Biotech Crops in the Next 5 to 10 Years
  
• New Breeding Technologies (NBT): The critical role of utilizing evolving and promising
• biotechnology applications in crop improvement
  
• Future Prospects 
  
• Closing Comments 
  
  • The Way Forward
    
  • Norman Borlaug’s Legacy and Advocacy of Crop Biotechnology
    
• Case Study 1 –  Insect Resistant (Bt) Brinjal/Eggplant in Bangladesh
  
• Case Study 2 –  Herbicide Tolerant (HT) Soybean in Brazil
  
• Case Study 3 –  Drought Tolerant (DT) Sugarcane in Indonesia
  
• Case Study 4 –  Drought Tolerant (DT) Maize for Africa (WEMA Project)
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• References
  
• Appendices
  
  • Appendix 1: Global Crop Protection Market, 2014
    
  • Appendix 2a: Seed Exports (FOB) of Selected Countries, 2012 (with over 100 Million US$ Market)
    
  • Appendix 2b: Seed Imports (FOB) of Selected Countries, 2012 (with over 100 Million US$ Market)
    
  • Appendix 3: Estimated Value of the Domestic Seed Market in Selected Countries for the Year 2012 (Updated June 2013)
    
  • Appendix 4: Arable Land per Capita of Selected Countries in Asia
    
  • Appendix 5: Estimated Population of the 28 Biotech Countries in 2015, 2050, 2100
    
  • Appendix 6: Crops Modified through RNA/Gene Silencing Mechanisms 
    
  • Appendix 7: A List of Selected Biotech Crops at Various Stages of Field Testing in Different Countries
    
  • Appendix 8: Miscellaneous Data and Conversions