Global Area Millions Hectares of Biotech Crops Per Country 2011

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"Top ten countries each grew more than 1 million hectares of biotech crops

Of the 29 countries planting biotech crops in 2011, it is noteworthy that 19 were developing and 10 were industrial countries (see Table 1 and Figure 1). The top 10 countries each grew more than 1 million hectares providing a broad-based worldwide foundation for diversified growth in the future; in fact, the top nine each grew more than 2 million hectares. More than half the world’s population, 60% or ~4 billion people, live in the 29 countries planting biotech crops...."