Genetically modified crops have flooded 1 billion hectares worldwide

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The area under cultivation of genetically modified plants has increased in the world by 10% in the last year alone.

The area under cultivation of genetically modified plants has increased in the world by 10% in the last year alone. The introduction of genetically modified crops was the fastest in Brazil but slowed down in the European Union.

Such statistics have been released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).

Almost all crops have been modified to increase disease and herbicide resistance.

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According to the organization, genetically modified crops are grown on a total area of ​​over one billion hectares since 1996, when the first crops in the US began.

Organization Leader Clive James states that the past year has been a turning point for the advancement of biotechnology:

“In 2010, the total biotech crop area exceeded one billion hectares, an area larger than the US or China. Biotech crops will stay forever”

Critics point out that even one billion hectares are only 10% of the world’s agricultural land. Half of the area with genetically modified crops is in the US, but in general, developing countries are more likely to adopt these crops than in the industrialized world.

If this trend persists, developing countries will grow more than half of all genetically modified crops in the world in a few years.

For example, Burma (Myanmar) and Pakistan started growing pest-resistant genetically modified cotton in 2010.

The EU is, however, at odds with the global trend, and here the acreage under GMO crops is shrinking. Germany and Sweden have introduced small areas of modified potatoes, which are intended not for food use but for starch processing for industrial use.

Greenpeace environmental organization has collected a million signatures on a petition to the European Commission to stop the introduction of new genetically modified crops.

EU Adviser, Stephanie Gansdorfer, states that European farmers and consumers reject “propaganda of producer companies”:

“Genetically modified crops are no more productive and do not show greater resistance to climate change than normal crops. But they are a serious threat to our environment.”