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2. First examples of GMP crops
In 2013, transgenic crops covered 175 million hectares worldwide, or over 12% of cultivated land (figures 1 and 2 ). It is suspected that a further, undeclared million hectares were cultivated in China, Ukraine and Russia. This is the fastest-growing innovation in agriculture . For the most part, we're talking about resistance to viruses, herbicides and certain herbivorous insects. So we're...
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