India has ranked fourth in Biotech cropping this year. In 2008, three new countries and 1.3mn new farmers were able to experience the benefits associated with biotech crops. Additionally, total planted area grew 10.7mn hectares.
Dr. Clive James, Founder and Chairman of ISAAA, at the The Global Status of Commercialised Biotech/GM Crops in 2008, highlighted upon the biotech crop 2008.
He said as a result of consistent and substantial economic, environmental and welfare benefits, a record 13.3mn large, small and resource-poor farmers continued to plant significantly more hectare of biotech crops in 2008.
These are very important developments given that biotech crops contribute to some of the major challenges facing global society including: food, feed and fiber security; lower price of food; sustainability; alleviation of poverty and hunger; and mitigation of some of the challenge associated with climate change.
Biotech crops, on the heels of a robust 2008 and bolstered by increased political will to meet food demands, is poised for a second wave of a strong adoption that will drive sustained global growth through the end of the second decade of commercialization 2006 to 2015, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Application (ISSAA).
In 2008, three new countries and 1.3mn new farmers were able to experience the benefits associated with biotech crops. Additionally, total planted area grew 10.7mn hectares, according to the ISSAA brief Global status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops.
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