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Drop in genetically modified crops grown in EU

By Zoë Casey  -  30.09.2008 / 10:57 CET
Decline is due to French ban; elsewhere there were large increases in the one type of GM crop allowed in the EU.

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Hectares of genetically modified crops in the EU (2008)


Spain: 79,269
Czech Republic: 8,380
Romania: 7,146
Portugal: 4,851
Germany: 3,173
Poland: 3,000
Slovakia: 1,900

TOTAL: 107,719

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