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seeds in 2004 and 2007, facts that we will study after taking a brief
look over the agriculture in Aragon.
3. Some Agricultural and Industrial Characteristics of Aragon:
European Leader in GMO Cultures
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In contrast to Murcia, Aragon
is a north-east region of Spain
with a characteristic continental
climate of cold winters and
dry summers, not very good
to produce vegetables.
However, cereals culture is
consequently the basis of
regional agriculture. In 2009,
the hectares cultivated with
wheat, maize or malt was
more than the double than the
area of other plants (Table 3).
Cult.
Cereals
Legu -
mes
Oils
Forage Vegetables
Fruits Wine Olives
Hectares 822.394 12.149 20.826 115.967 8.948 101.411 43.203 46.471
Table 3: Aragon cultures in 2009. From: Secretaría General Técnica. Servicio de
Planificación y Análisis. Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación. Gobierno de
Aragón.
Around 600.000 ha of maize where cultivated in 2008, the whole
agricultural area of Murcia (Fig. 3). This is a very important fact to
understand the huge and increasing number of GMO plants that
are being cultivated in Aragon, European leader in GMO plants’
production.