自1996年至1999年,全球共有12个国家种植了转基因作物(12个工业化国家和4个发展中国家),全球的转基因作物的种植面积增长了20余倍(23.5倍),达到3990万公顷(1996年为170万公顷)。详见表1。农民对转基因作物的接受程度在所有新技术中是最高的。接受程度高表示农民满意转基因作物 From 1996 to 1999, GM crops (12 industrialized countries and 4 developing countries) were planted in 12 countries around the world. The global area under cultivation of genetically modified crops increased more than 20 times (23.5 times) to 39.9 million hectares (1.7 million hectares in 1996). See Table 1 for details. Farmers’ acceptance of genetically modified crops is the highest among all new technologies. High acceptance indicates that farmers are satisfied with GM crops