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Genetically modified plants:
Global Cultivation Area

Maize



Acreage of GM maize
in million hectares

 


GM maize share in the total maize acreage of a country

 

  Year Cultivation Area in Million Hectares  
Total Maize GM Maize GMO
Ratio
Global 1998 140 2 1.4%
2008 161 37.3 23%
2009 158 42 26%
USA 1997 29,6 2.8 9,.5%
2008 35.3 28.2 80%
2009 35.2 29.9 85%
Canada 1997 1.06 0.03 2.8%
2007 1.4 1.17 84%
Argentina 1998 3.18 0.017 0.5%
2007 3.9 2.8 84%
2008 3.4 2.8 83%
2009 2.5 2.1 85%
South Africa 1998 2.96 0.003 0.1%
2007 2.8 1.6 57%
2009 3.0 1.9 63%
Spain 1998 0.46 0.018 3.9%
2009 0.34 0.076 20%
France 1999 3.1 0.0001 0.003%
2007   0.021  
Germany* 1998 0.34 0.0004 0.1%
2008 2.08 0.003 0.15%
Portugal 1999 0.12 0.001 0.8%
2009   0.005  
Czech Republic 2005 0.29 0.00015 0.05%
2009 0.27 0.006 2,4%
Honduras 2002 0.37 0.0005 0.1%
2007 0.35 0.007 2.0%
Philippines 2003 2.38 0.23 1.0%
2008 2,74 0.35 12.8%
2009 2,7 0.5 19%
Egypt 2008 0.72 0.0007 0,1%
2009 0,7 0.001 0.1%
Brazil 2008 14.7 1.3 9%
2009 14 5 36%

 

*In Germany, by 2005, there was only experimental or trial cultivation; From 2006 the figure refers to the commercial cultivation.

The figures are based on international agricultural statistics, partly on estimates and unverified press reports. The country summary shows the first information about cultivation of GM maize as well as the recent state of acreage.

 

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