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  1. Mar 18, 2024 · In 2019, nearly 190 million hectares were planted with genetically engineered crops worldwide. By country comparison, the United States had the highest acreage GM crops. Brazil and Argentina...

  2. In 2015, GM crops were grown in 28 countries and on 179.7 million hectares – that is over 10% of the world’s arable land and equivalent to seven times the land area of the UK. The USA, Brazil and Argentina are the leading producers.

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  4. Aug 19, 2022 · In 2020, the extra global production of the four main crops in which GM technology is widely used (85 million tonnes), would have, if conventional production systems been used, required an additional 23.4 million ha of land to be planted to these crops.

    • Graham Brookes
    • GM Crops Food. 2022; 13(1): 171-195.
    • 10.1080/21645698.2022.2105626
    • 2022
  5. Mar 31, 2020 · To date, nearly 525 different transgenic events in 32 crops have been approved for cultivation in different parts of the world. The adoption of transgenic technology has been shown to increase crop yields, reduce pesticide and insecticide use, reduce CO 2 emissions, and decrease the cost of crop production.

    • Krishan Kumar, Geetika Gambhir, Abhishek Dass, Amit Kumar Tripathi, Alla Singh, Abhishek Kumar Jha, ...
    • 2020
  6. Jan 8, 2022 · The USA, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, and India planted about 91% of the global GM crop area of 190.4 million hectares. Soybean, maize, cotton, and canola are extensively grown and are of the utmost importance among all GM food crops. On six continents, approximately 32 plants were released for commercial cultivation.

  7. Nov 15, 2022 · G enetically modified (GM) crops have increased global food, feed and fiber production by nearly 1 billion tonnes (1 tonne equals 1.10231 tons) since their introduction in 1996.