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Table 1 Countries with the largest GM crops cultivated area in 2019. The GM crops that have the largest cultivated area in each country are mentioned.

From: Genetically modified organisms: adapting regulatory frameworks for evolving genome editing technologies

Ranking

Country

Area*

(Million ha)

GM crops

1

USA

71.5

Maize, soybean, cotton, alfalfa, canola, sugar beet, potato, papaya, squash, apple

2

Brazil

52.8

Soybean, maize, cotton, sugarcane

3

Argentina

24.0

Soybean, maize, cotton, alfalfa

4

Canada

12.5

Canola, soybean, maize, sugar beet, alfalfa, potato

5

India

11.9

Cotton

6

Paraguay

4.1

Soybean, maize, cotton

7

China

3.2

Cotton, papaya

8

South Africa

2.7

Maize, soybean, cotton

9

Pakistan

2.5

Cotton

10

Bolivia

1.4

Soybean

11

Uruguay

1.2

Soybean, maize

12

Philippines

0.9

Maize

13

Australia

0.6

Cotton, canola, safflower

14

Myanmar

0.3

Cotton

15

Sudan

0.2

Cotton

16

Mexico

0.2

Cotton

17

Spain

0.1

Maize

18

Colombia

0.1

Maize, cotton

19

Vietnam

0.1

Maize

20

Honduras

 < 0.1

Maize

21

Chile

 < 0.1

Maize, canola

22

Malawi

 < 0.1

Cotton

23

Portugal

 < 0.1

Maize

24

Indonesia

 < 0.1

Sugarcane

25

Bangladesh

 < 0.1

Brinjal/Eggplant

26

Nigeria

 < 0.1

Cotton

27

Eswatini

 < 0.1

Cotton

28

Ethiopia

 < 0.1

Cotton

29

Costa Rica

 < 0.1

Cotton, pineapple

 

Total

190.4

 
  1. *Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. Adapted from the ISAAA brief of Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2019 [8]