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GLOBAL STATUS OF COMMERCIALIZED BIOTECH/GM CROPS: 2018 Biotech Crops Continue to Help Meet the Challenges of Increased Population and Climate Change CONTRIBUTION OF BIOTECH CROPS TO FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION INCREASE CROP PRODUCTIVITY HELP ALLEVIATE POVERTY & HUNGER PROVIDE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS SAVED 183 MILLION HECTARES OF LAND FROM PLOWING & CULTIVATION SAVED 27.1BILLION KGS C02 EQUIVALENT TO REMOVING 16.7M CARS OFF THE ROAD FOR 1 YEAR US$186.1 BILLION FARM INCOME GAINS IN 1996-2016 FROM BIOTECH CROPS UPLIFTED LIVES OF 16-17 MILLION FARMERS & THEIR FAMILIES TOTALING >65 MILLION PEOPLE DECREASED HERBICIDE & INSECTICIDE USE BY 8.4% IN 1996-2016 MILLION HECTARES BIOTECH CROPS 191.7 APPROVALS FOR 387 BIOTECH EVENTS FOR 27 CROPS SINCE 1992 INCLUDING CARNATION, ROSE, AND PETUNIA FASTEST ADOPTED CROP TECHNOLOGY IN RECENT TIMES COUNTRIES PLANTED BY IN 26 MILLION FARMERS 17 PLANTING & IMPORTING BIOTECH CROPS IMPORTING BIOTECH CROPS 70 4,349 COUNTRIES ADOPTED BIOTECH CROPS SINCE 1996, THE FIRST YEAR OF COMMERCIAL PLANTING MOST NUMBER OF APPROVED EVENTS 137 EVENTS IN 35 COUNTRIES PLANTED BIOTECH SUGARCANE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2018 PLANTED BIOTECH COTTON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2018 MOST NUMBER OF GM EVENTS 544 APPROVED EVENTS MAIZE INDONESIA ESWATINI USA Source: ISAAA. 2018. Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2018: Biotech Crops Continue to Address the Challenges of Increased Population and Climate Change. ISAAA Brief No. 54. #GMCrops2018 #ISAAAReport2018 www.isaaa.org For more information, visit: BIOTECH CROP AREA INCREASED ~113-FOLD ACCUMULATED AREA IS 2.5 BILLION HECTARES MAJOR BIOTECH CROPS CANOLA 5.3% OTHERS 1% MAIZE 30.7% COTTON 13% SOYBEANS 50% SOYBEANS HIGHEST ADOPTION WORLDWIDE 50% OF BIOTECH CROP AREA OTHER BIOTECH CROPS GROWN IN 2018: EGGPLANT SUGAR BEETS PAPAYA ALFALFA SQUASH POTATOES APPLES NUMBER OF COUNTRIES GROWING MAJOR BIOTECH CROPS IN 2018 COTTON MAIZE SOYBEANS CANOLA 15 14 10 3 isaaa.org isaaa_org isaaa_org isaaavideos þ
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Global StatuS of CommerCialized bioteCh/Gm CropS: 2018Biotech Crops Continue to Help Meet the Challenges of Increased Population and Climate Change
Contribution of bioteCh CropS to food SeCurity, SuStainability, and Climate ChanGe mitiGation
Increasecrop productIvIty
help allevIate poverty & hunger
provIde a better envIronment
conserve bIodIversIty reduce co2 emIssIonssaved 183 mIllIon hectares
of land from plowing & cultivation
saved 27.1bIllIon kgs c02 equivalent to removing 16.7m cars off the road for 1 year
us$186.1 bIllIon farm income gains in 1996-2016
from biotech crops
uplifted lives of 16-17 mIllIon farmers & theIr famIlIes
totaling >65 mIllIon people
decreased herbicide & insecticide use by
8.4% In 1996-2016
mIllIon hectares bIotech crops191.7
approvals for 387 bIotech events for 27 crops sInce 1992 IncludIng carnatIon, rose, and petunIa
fastest adopted crop technology In recent tImes
countriesplanted byin26 million
farmers17
planting & importing biotech crops
importingbiotech crops
70
4,349
countries adopted biotech crops since 1996, the first year of commercial planting
most number of approved events 137 eventS in 35 CountrieS
planted bioteCh SuGarCane for the fIrst tIme In 2018
planted bioteCh Cottonfor the fIrst tIme In 2018
most number of gm events 544 approved eventS
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source: isaaa. 2018. global status of commercialized biotech/gm crops in 2018: biotech crops continue to address the challenges of increased population and climate change. ISAAA Brief no. 54.
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bioteCh Crop area inCreaSed ~113-foldaCCumulated area iS 2.5 billion heCtareSmajor bIotech crops
canola5.3%
others1%
maIze30.7%
cotton13%
soybeans50%
SoybeanShIghest adoptIon worldwIde50% of bIotech crop area
other bIotech crops grown In 2018:
eggplantsugar beets
papayaalfalfa squash
potatoes
apples
number of CountrieS GrowinG major bioteCh CropS in 2018
cotton maize soybeans canola
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