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South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.

South Africa has a robust and experienced regulatory system for genetically engineered (GE) products which started with the publication of its “GMO” act in 1997.

There are no significant developments to convey since the previous report from November 2018.

The production area of genetically engineered (GE) corn, soybean and cotton in South Africa is estimated at around 2.7 million hectares.

There are no significant developments to convey since the previous report from January 2018.

The Department of Agriculture made changes to the process for registering new plant varieties.

Myanmar does not have a biosafety framework to track genetically engineered food or animal products.

Post forecasts that the area under cotton production in Zimbabwe will increase, under normal climatic conditions, to about 300,000 hectares and production will recover to around 210,000 MT

For the 2015/16 MY, post forecasts a moderate increase of ten percent to 210,000 hectares in seed cotton area planted in Zimbabwe...

In recent years, India’s exports have demonstrated phenomenal growth – especially to developing countries, which now account for nearly 80 percent of Indian exports.