Comparative Data
*Chile and Costa Rica have no commercial production of GM crops. They grow GM crops for production of seed and/or niche market products for export.
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| GM Crop | Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile** | Colombia | Costa Rica** | Honduras | Mexico | Paraguay | Uruguay |
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| Soybean (HT) |
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| Soybean (HT/IR) |
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| Maize (HT/IR) |
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| Maize (HT) |
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| Maize (IR) |
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| Cotton (HT/IR) |
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| Cotton (HT) |
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| Alfalfa (LL/HT) |
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| Canola (HT) |
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| Sugarcane (IR) |
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| Beans (VR) |
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| Pineapple (Pink) |
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| Carnation (Blue) |
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| Rose (Blue) |
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| Safflower* |
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HT: herbicide-tolerant - IR: insect-resistant - VR: virus-resistant - LL: low-lignin
* In Argentina, GM safflower is planted on a small area for the production of bovine chymosin (molecular farming).
** Chile and Costa Rica have no commercial production of GM crops. They grow GM crops for production of seed and/or niche market products for export.
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| Country | Total area with GM crops (ha) | GM Soybean |
GM Maize |
GM Cotton |
GM Alfalfa |
GM Canola |
GM Sugarcane | GM Beans |
GM Pineapple |
GM Flowers |
GM Safflower |
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| Argentina | 24,000,000 | 70.08% | 28.20% | 1.70% | 0.02% | * | |||||
| Bolivia | 1,800,000 | 100% | |||||||||
| Brazil | 56,000,000 | 66.73% | 31.05% | 2.14% | 0.07% | 0.01% | |||||
| Chile** | 8,945 | 13.47% | 47.94% | 38.59% | |||||||
| Colombia | 150,000 | 95.03% | 4.96% | 0.01% | |||||||
| Costa Rica** | 240 | 75.00% | 25.00% | ||||||||
| Honduras | 38,000 | 100% | |||||||||
| Mexico | 160,000 | 100% | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 4,100,000 | 85.58% | 14.13% | 0.30% | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1,125,000 | 83.75% | 16.25% |
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* In Argentina, GM safflower is planted on a small area for the production of bovine chymosin (molecular farming).
** Chile and Costa Rica have no commercial production of GM crops. They grow GM crops for production of seed and/or niche market products for export.
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| GM Crop | Soybean %GM |
Maize %GM |
Cotton %GM |
Alfalfa %GM |
Canola %GM |
Sugarcane %GM |
Beans %GM |
Pineapple %GM |
Flowers %GM |
Safflower %GM |
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| Argentina | 99.90% | 99.00% | 100% | 0.16% | n/a | |||||
| Bolivia | 98.00% | |||||||||
| Brazil | 99.00% | 95.00% | 99.00% | 0.45% | 0.17% | |||||
| Chile | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||||
| Colombia | 35.52% | 90.00% | n/a | |||||||
| Costa Rica | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Honduras | 70.00% | |||||||||
| Mexico | 97.00% | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 99.00% | 52.00% | 100% | |||||||
| Uruguay | 99.00% | 98.80% |
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n/a = not applicable. Adoption rates are not calculated in the cases of seed production, niche market products or molecular farming.
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| Country | ISO 3166 | Area (km²) | Population | Population density (hab/km²) | Capital | National Flower |
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| Argentina | AR | 2,780,400 | 44,938,712 | 16.2 | Buenos Aires City | Cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) |
| Bolivia | BO | 1,098,581 | 11,428,245 | 10.4 | Sucre | Kantuta (Cantua buxifolia) y Patuju (Heliconia rostrata) |
| Brazil | BR | 8,515,767 | 210,147,125 | 24.7 | Brasilia | Ipê (Handroanthus chrysotrichus) |
| Chile | CL | 756,096 | 17,574,003 | 23.2 | Santiago de Chile | Chilean bellflower (Lapageria rosea) |
| Colombia | CO | 1,141,748 | 48,258,494 | 42.3 | Bogota | Christmas orchid (Cattleya trianae) |
| Costa Rica | CR | 51,100 | 5,094,118 | 99.7 | San Jose | Guaria morada (Guarianthe skinneri) |
| Cuba | CU | 109,884 | 11,193,470 | 101.9 | La Habana | White garland-lily (Hedychium coronarium) |
| Ecuador | EC | 283,561 | 17,684,536 | 62.4 | Quito | Flower of the Andes (Chuquiraga jussieui) and roses (Rosa sp.) |
| El Salvador | SV | 21,041 | 6,420,746 | 305.2 | San Salvador | Iuca gigante (Yucca guatemalensis) |
| Guatemala | GT | 108,889 | 17,263,239 | 158.5 | Guatemala City | Lycaste virginalis (Lycaste skinneri) |
| Honduras | HN | 112,492 | 9,587,522 | 85.2 | Tegucigalpa | Rhyncholaelia (Rhyncholaelia digbyana) |
| Mexico | MX | 1,972,550 | 126,014,024 | 63.9 | Mexico City | Dhalia (Dahlia sp.) |
| Nicaragua | NI | 130,375 | 6,486,201 | 49.8 | Managua | Red frangipani (Plumeria rubra) |
| Panama | PA | 75,417 | 4,176,869 | 55.4 | Panama City | Holy Ghost orchid (Peristeria elata) |
| Paraguay | PY | 406,796 | 7,359,000 | 18.1 | Asuncion | Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) |
| Peru | PE | 1,285,216 | 32,824,358 | 25.5 | Lima | Cantua (Cantua buxifolia) |
| Dominican Rep. | DO | 48,671 | 10,878,246 | 223.5 | Santo Domingo | Bayahibe rose (Pereskia quisqueyana) |
| Uruguay | UY | 176,215 | 3,518,552 | 20.0 | Montevideo | Cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli) |
| Venezuela | VE | 916,445 | 28,887,118 | 31.5 | Caracas | Easter orchid (Cattleya trianae) |
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| Uruguay | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||
| Venezuela | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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