美国《世界农业》杂志发表的一篇评述指出,近20多年来的基因技术成果已开始进入半商业化、商业化推广时期,由此拉开了世界农业生产大变革的帷幕。据美国农业部的一项调查,过去10年,世界各国在发展生物农业方面的投资增长了10倍。5年前,第一批基因改性农产品进入市场,5年后其市场规模已跃至40亿美元,预计2003年可达200亿美元以上。科技界、经济界人士普遍认为,全球性生物农业的大发展是大势所 A commentary published by the United States “World Agriculture” magazine pointed out that the achievements of genetic technology in the past 20 years have begun to enter the semi-commercial and commercial promotion period, thus opening the curtain of the great revolution in world agricultural production. According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, investment in the development of biological agriculture in all countries in the world has increased ten-fold in the past decade. Five years ago, the first batch of genetically modified agricultural products entered the market. After five years, the market size has jumped to 4 billion U.S. dollars and it is estimated that the market will reach more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in 2003. Science and technology, economic circles generally believe that the great development of global biological agriculture is the trend