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What is the adoption rate of Bt cotton in Africa?
Four (4) African countries planted biotech cotton in 2019. The countries in descending order of biotech crop area were Stack Bt and HT cotton in South Africa (43,654 hectares), IR/Bt cotton in Sudan (236,200 hectares), Malawi (6,000 hectares), Nigeria (700 hectares), Eswatini (401 hectares) and Ethiopia (311 hectares). Moreover, Kenya approved the commercialization of biotech cotton in 2019 for cultivation in 2020.
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