This book highlights the global adoption of biotech/GM crops in 2008 published by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). It presents the progress made on several important fronts in 2008 with: significant increases in hectarage of biotech crops; increases in both the number of countries and farmers planting biotech crops globally; substantial progress in Africa, where the challenges are greatest; increased adoption of stacked traits and the introduction of a new biotech crop. The Brief also includes a fully referenced special feature on the status of drought tolerance in conventional and biotech maize.

The ISAAA Brief 39-2008 can be purchased online thru ISAAA website: http://www.isaaa.org/purchasepublications/itemdescription.asp?ItemType=BRIEFS&Control=IB039-2008.

For further information, please visit http://www.isaaa.org or contact ISAAA SEAsiaCenter at +63-49-536-7216, or email to info@isaaa.org.