The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Appendix 3: Examples of GM crops with relevance to developing countries (continue1)
| Crop | Country | Improved trait | Comments | Stage |
| Cotton | Egypt (10) | Abiotic Stresses Biotic stresses | – Development of varieties which have tolerance to salt, heat and drought as well as pests – Project undertaken by AGERI and the Cotton Research Institute | L |
| Columbia (11) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – Commercialised planting expected in 2003 | F | |
| India (12) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – Approval to grow Bt cotton developed by the company Monsanto granted in March 2002 | C | |
| South Africa (13) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – See case study 1 | C | |
| Indonesia (14) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – 2,700 farmers grow Bt cotton in South Sulawesi | C | |
| China (15) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – Both locally developed varieties and varieties by the company Monsanto are grown – Bt cotton is grown on over 50% of the cotton farming area in China – See case study 1 | C | |
| Faba bean (16) | Egypt | Viral resistance | – Resistance to the faba bean necrotic yellows virus | L |
| Maize | Egypt(17) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – Resistance to maize stem borers – Project being undertaken by AGERI and the company Pioneer | L |
10 Momtaz OA (2002) Current Status and Prospects of Transgenic Egyptian Cotton. Available: http://www.icac.org/icac/Meetings/Plenary/61cairo/documents/tis/momtaz.pdf. Accessed on: 9 Jan 2003.
11 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
12 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
13 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
14 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
15 James C (2002) Preview, Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002 ISAAA Brief No. 27 (Ithaca, NY: ISAAA).
16 AGERI Development of Improved Strategies for the Control of Faba Bean Necrotic Yellows Virus (FBNYV) in Food Legume Crops of West Asia and North Africa. Available: http://www.ageri.sci.eg/topic6/fbnyv.htm. Accessed on: 9 Jan 2003.
17 Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (2002) Biotechnology Research and Policy Activities