Abstract: Brazil is the second largest producer of biotech crops in the world. Post forecasts an increase of over five percent in area planted to biotech crops during the upcoming 2016-2017 Brazilian crop year (Oct. 2016 through Sep. 2017). The increase is mostly attributed to the greater use of biotech soybeans and corn and increased availability of subsidized credit for farmers, although at higher interest rates than last crop year. Post has also updated other sections of the report to reflect new information from trade and government sources.

Key words: Brazil, agricultural biotechnology, trade and production, policy

摘要： 巴西是世界上第二大转基因作物生产国。农业部预计2016-2017种植季（2016年10月~2017年9月）转基因作物的种植面积将增加5%以上。这主要归因于转基因大豆和玉米使用量的增加，以及为农民提供的补贴信贷增加，但利率高于去年。本报告还提供了最新数据用以反映从贸易和政府中获得的新信息。

关键词: 巴西, 农业生物技术, 贸易与生产, 政策