Farmers across the globe increasingly are planting genetically
modified crops, according to a new report from the International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications. The
ISAAA data contained within the report, Global Status of
Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2010, details the ongoing
proliferation of biotech crops as the agricultural community
continues to realize the benefits. Perhaps most encouraging:
Developing countries are among the leaders when it comes to
adopting biotech agriculture. In 2010, according to the report,
biotech crop area grew 10 percent. That figure represents 34.6
million acres of farmland, bringing total acreage worldwide for
GM crops to 366 million acres. The nonprofit ISAAA shares
knowledge about crop biotechnology to educate the global
community about the attributes and potential of new agricultural
technologies. They have tracked global biotech crop trends since
the first uses of these crops in 1996. “The 2010 ISAAA report
proves once again that the global adop