The latest ISAAA report, 20th
Anniversary (1996 to 2015) of the Global Commercialization of Biotech Crops and
Biotech Crop Highlights in 2015 (ISAAA Brief 51), has reached about 4.27
billion individuals all over the world through news reports and social media
posts. This is the highest media impressions recorded for any ISAAA Brief for
the time period of two months since launch.
ISAAA Brief 51 was first launched inBeijing , China
in April, catching the interest of the Chinese media. Thus, it has reached 2.9
billion people in China
alone. Individuals from other developing countries such as Indonesia , India ,
Vietnam , and Brazil
also showed high interest on the ISAAA report. The New York Times and USA Today published articles about the report which were shared over 3,000 times in Facebook and Twitter.
ISAAA Brief 51 was first launched in
Aside from English, a significant number of articles were
written in other major languages such as Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Majority
of the articles (92%) were written in neutral tone.
The news reports and social media posts are gathered by
ISAAA staff, partners, and PR agencies.
Read the concise version of Brief 51, Pocket K No. 16: Biotech Crop Highlights in 2015.
The other Brief 51 materials are also available in different languages:
Akan | Amharic | Arabic | Bahasa Indonesia | Bemba | Bengali
| Bisaya | Chichewa | Chitumbuka | Czech | Danish | Dendi | Dutch | English | Ewe
| Farsi | Fon | French | German | Hindi | Housa | Hungarian | Igbo| Ilokano | Japanese
| Kabye | Korean | Lao | Pashto | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian (1) | Russian (2) |
Saraki | Sindhi | Siswati | Spanish | Swahili | Swedish | Thai | Tonga | Ukrainian
| Urdu | Welsh | Yoruba
Press Release
Arabic | Bahasa Indonesia | Chinese (Simplified) | English |
French | Portuguese | Spanish