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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 Crops
  • Percentage
  • Adoption rate
  • Overview
  • Multilateral Fora

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GM Crop Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile** Colombia Costa Rica** Honduras Mexico Paraguay Uruguay
Soybean
(HT)
 √  √  √  √          √  √
Soybean
(HT/IR)
 √   √            √  √
Soybean
(DT/HT)
√                  
Maize 
(HT/IR)
 √   √   √  √    √    √  √
Maize 
(HT)
 √    √    √    √    √ √ 
Maize
(IR)
     √            √  √ 
Cotton
(HT/IR)
 √    √    √  √    √  √  
Cotton
(HT)
 √    √    √      √  √  
Wheat
(DT/HT)
 √                  
Alfalfa
(LL/HT)
 √                  
Canola
(HT)
       √            
Sugarcane
(IR)
     √              
Beans
(VR)
     √              
Pineapple
(Pink)
           √        
Carnation
(Blue)
         √          
Rose 
(Blue)
         √          
Safflower*

 √                  

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HT: herbicide-tolerant - DT: drought-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 Wheat GM Alfalfa
GM Canola
GM Sugarcane GM Beans
GM Pineapple
GM Flowers
GM Safflower
Argentina 23,700,000 68.24% 29.61% 1.90% 0.21% 0.04%            *
Bolivia 1,500,000 100%                    
Brazil 60,200,000 63.82% 33.68% 2.43%       0.06% 0.01%      
Chile** 12,600 9.38% 32.57%       58.05%          
Colombia 131,000   90.87% 9.12%             0.01%  
Costa Rica** 212     71.70%           28.30%    
Honduras 55,000   100%                  
Mexico 88,000     100%                
Paraguay 4,600,000 79.87% 19.06% 1.07%                
Uruguay 1,314,000 82.72% 17.28%                  

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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
Wheat
%GM
Alfalfa
%GM
Canola
%GM
Sugarcane 
%GM
Beans 
%GM
Pineapple 
%GM
Flowers
%GM
Safflower
%GM
Argentina 99.90% 99% 100% 0.82% 0.35%            n/a
Bolivia 97.00%                    
Brazil 99.00% 96.00% 100%       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     100%                
Paraguay 99.00% 80.00% 100%                
Uruguay 99.00% 98.30%                  

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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
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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Country

CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

 Cartagena Protocol-CBD
Nagoya Protocol-CBD
WTO (World Trade Organization)
G20
OECD
GLI (Global Low Level Presence Initiative)
FAO
IICA
Escazu Agreement
BRICS
Mercosur (Southern Common Market)
CAS (Southern Agricultural Council)
APEC (Asia-Pacific economic cooperation)
USMCA
Unión Aduanera (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador)
Argentina  √    √  √  √    √  √  √  √    √  √      
Bolivia  √  √  √  √        √  √  √      √      
Brazil  √  √  √  √  √    √  √  √    √  √  √      
Chile  √      √    √    √  √        √  √    
Colombia  √  √    √    √  √  √  √              
Costa Rica  √  √    √    √  √  √  √              
Cuba  √  √  √  √        √                
Ecuador  √  √  √  √        √  √  √            
El Salvador  √  √    √        √  √              √
Guatemala  √  √  √  √        √  √              √
Honduras  √  √  √  √        √  √              √
Mexico  √  √  √  √  √  √  √  √  √  √        √  √  
Nicaragua  √  √  √  √        √  √  √            
Panama  √  √  √  √        √  √  √            
Paraguay  √  √    √      √  √  √      √  √      
Peru  √  √  √  √        √  √          √    
Dominican Rep.  √  √  √  √        √  √              
Uruguay  √  √  √  √      √  √  √  √    √  √      
Venezuela  √  √  √  √        √  √              

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