尽管采用和开发了许多高效农药并对抗性害虫采用遗传工程,但在西欧,农药的销售额将继续保持异常的稳定,根据Frost和Sullion顾问的报告。在西欧农药市场,由于农场主愿把钱花在有效的支付上,因此,农药销售价格将受到较小的冲击。报告还指出,2000年后用遗传工程抑制害虫将仅仅受到农场化学品的竞争。纵观欧洲经济共同体的农药市场,Frost和Sullion估计销售额将从1987年的45.3亿美元增长到1990年的47.7亿美元。预计西班牙和葡萄牙的销售额将有一个大飞跃,因为 Despite the adoption and development of a number of highly effective pesticides and genetic engineering of resistant pests, sales of pesticides in Western Europe will continue to remain exceptionally stable, according to reports from Frost and Sullion consultants. In the western European pesticide market, as farmers are willing to spend their money on effective payments, the sales price of pesticides will be subject to minor shocks. The report also pointed out that the use of genetic engineering after 2000 to suppress pests will only be competitive with farm chemicals. Looking at the pesticide market in the European Economic Community, Frost and Sullion estimated that sales will increase from 4.53 billion U.S. dollars in 1987 to 4.77 billion U.S. dollars in 1990. It is expected that there will be a big leap in sales in Spain and Portugal because