Portugal and Spain are the only European countries where the production of crops (only maize) improved by genetic engineering is authorized. The USA is a leader, both in area occupied by GM crops and in number of varieties. Brazil is the developing country that most bets on the production of GMOs. An updated infographic from ISAAA - International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotechnological Applications shows where genetically modified crops are produced worldwide.
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According to this international non-governmental organization, 29 countries planted fourteen biotech crops in 2019, a year in which Latin America saw a significant increase in the production of GM varieties. The top five producers are the USA (corn, soy, cotton, alfalfa, rapeseed, beet, potato, papaya, pumpkin and apples), Brazil (soy, corn, cotton, and sugar cane), Argentina (soy, maize, cotton and rapeseed), Canada (rapeseed, soybeans, corn, beets, alfalfa and potatoes) and India (cotton). Portugal and Spain remain the only ones in Europe to produce GMOs (Bt maize) and Australia is the only one in the world to produce GM saffron. In Africa, Bt cotton was first planted in Malawi, Ethiopia and Nigeria in 2019. Currently, six African countries are producing this variety. The ISAAA estimates that in 2019 around 26% of the world population benefited from the production of crops improved by genetic engineering techniques. See the infographic and read the original article on the ISAAA ...
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