International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications.

Global plantings of genetically engineered crops jumped nearly 20 percent last year despite resistance of consumers in Europe and elsewhere, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, a group that promotes use of the technology in poor countries. Farmers grew an estimated 130 million acres of biotech crops in 2001, about 21 million more than the year before.