根据国际农业生物技术应用服务公司(ISAAA)估计,2004年全球GM作物面积增长19.6%,为8100万公顷(2亿英亩)。1330万公顷的增加是1998年增加1680万公顷以来第二大的增加。自从1996年种植GM作物以来,每年种植面积都以两位百分数增长,这表明2500万农民对该技术的坚定信任(见表1)。200 According to the International Agency for Agricultural Biotechnology Applications Services (ISAAA), the global GM crop area in 2004 increased by 19.6% to 81 million hectares (200 million acres). The increase of 13.3 million hectares is the second-largest increase since the 16.8 million hectares increase in 1998. Since the GM crop was planted in 1996, the annual acreage has increased by two percentage points, demonstrating the strong trust of 25 million farmers in the technology (see Table 1). 200