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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. 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.
New! Database:Benefits of Pesticides 10 Pesticide Pesticides and Humanity: The Benefits of Using Pesticides
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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.
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