Data

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
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	√	√	√	√				√	√