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Did You Know That ... It costs roughly US$ 150-200 million to research, develop and register a new pesticide. Only 1 in 20,000 chemicals make it from the laboratory to the farmers' field. Pesticides save up to half of farmers' crops. With pesticides, crop productivity increases by 20% to 50%. Globally, farms growing biotech crops take up three times the size of the Philippines. The global area planted to genetically modified crops is 90 million hectares. New! Database:Benefits of Pesticides 10 Pesticide Facts You Need to Know Pesticides and Humanity: The Benefits of Using Pesticides Database: Biotechnology Benefits & Safety Member Lounge Enter the Lounge Member Companies Member Associations Global Network Click on a spot below to visit a website in the CropLife network	CropLife Asia promotes the benefits and responsible use of crop protection and plant biotechnology products, as well as sound regulatory frameworks in support of sustainable agriculture in the Asia-Pacific region. As a regional unit of CropLife International—a global federation of the plant science industry in over 90 countries—CropLife Asia supports the work of 15 member associations and is led by member companies at the forefront of crop production research and development.
	New on the site Press release Singapore, 26 April 2008 CropLife Asia Celebrates Innovation on World Intellectual Property Day -- Urgent need to focus on long-term solutions to solve food crisis in Asia and beyond read more	Spotlight New Annual Report 2007 The Inside Story Download now Brief 37: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech / GM Crops 2007 After a dozen years of commercialization, biotech crops are still gaining ground with another year of double-digit growth and new countries joining the list of supporters, according to a report released by ISAAA. In 2007, biotech crop area grew 12 percent or 12.3 million hectares to reach 114.3 million hectares, the second highest area increase in the past five years. ISAAA Report New farmer story Learning ground on air Farmers become trainers(Vietnam) New AgroLinks! Enhancing agricultural benefits for society December 2007 Download AgroLinks Global Market Performance 2006 A Phillips McDougall report on the global performance of crop protection and biotechnology seed markets (May 2007). Download the report
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