BIG SHIFT IN RESEARCH: CHINA OVERTAKES THE U.S.AS TOP GOVERNMENT FUNDER OF AG RESEARCH.

摘要

The world's largest farm exporter, the U.S. is also a global leader in agricultural innovation. Consider GMO crops grown on nearly half of U.S. cropland and on 440 million acres in more than two dozen nations. U.S. preeminence over-shadows a startling change: China leads the U.S. by a large margin in government funding of food and ag research and development.