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GM Crops:
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In 1996, the first genetically modified seeds were planted in the United States for commercial use. Ten years later, genetically modified crops were grown on 102 million hectares worldwide, an area nearly the size of France and Germany combined.
The country with the most area of GM crops is the United States followed by Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. China and India are also high on the list with its rapidly expanding cultivation of GM cotton.
In the EU, only one GM maize event is cultivated, all in
all on about 110,000 hectares.
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Cultivation 2007: Further global increase for GM plants to 114 million hectares
In the 2007 growing season, worldwide cultivation of genetically modified crops increased by 12 million hectares compared to the previous year.
For maize, there was a significant increase of 10 million hectares. The highest
percentage growth is registered in India with GM cotton on 6.2 million hectares.
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Commercial GM crop production in several EU Member States
GM maize varieties of the event Mon 810 can be found in
the member states Spain, France, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovakia and
Germany are home to genetically modified crops in the EU. 2007, the area has
increased to 110,000 hectares.
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Soy, maize, cotton and rapeseed: The big four
Soy, maize, cotton, and rapeseed account for almost all
commercial GMO production. Gm plants are grown mainly in North and South
America, but increasingly also in India, China and South Africa.
Area under crops and cultivating countries:
Soybean
Maize
Rapeseed
Cotton
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USA: Cultivations in 2007 - Increase for GM maize
In 2007, US farmers again increased the amount of genetically modified plants seeded on the fields. For soy and cotton, GM varieties have become widely accepted and provide approximately 90 percent of the agricultural production. The greatest expansion has been observed for maize: compared with 2006, the proportion of GM cultivations in the vegetation period this year has increased from 61 to 73 percent.
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 | GM Food and Feed: Safe? |
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