GM crops continue global spread

Genetically modified crops are continuing to spread across the world, according to the leading annual survey of GM in agriculture, published February 2009. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) said the global area of GM crops rose from 114m hectares in 2007 to 125m hectares in 2008, producing a harvest worth $7.5bn (€5.8bn, £5.2bn). The number of farmers planting GM crops increased from 12m in 22 countries to 13.3m in 25 countries.

ISAAA: ISAAA Brief 39: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2008 http://www.isaaa.org/Resources/Publications/briefs/39/default.html

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