Exhibit 8. Area planted to local varieties, improved open polinized varieties, and hybrids, Latin
America, 1996 (% of total maize area).
Area
Planted to
local varieties Improved OPVs Hybrids Total Mvs
Central America 78.3 3.3 18.5 21.8
Costa Rica 58 1.1 40.9 42
El Salvador 51.8 0.5 47.6 48.1
Guatemala 82.8 1.7 15.4 17.1
Honduras 84.3 7.2 8.6 15.8
Nicaragua 93.1 5.6 1.3 6.9
Panamá 57.1 0.6 42.3 42.9
Caribbean 68.7 18.5 12.8 31.3
Cuba 5.5 36 58.5 94.5
Dominican Republic 24 76 0 76
Haiti 92.7 7.3 7.3
Mexico 79.7 1.1 19.2 20.3
Central America, Caribbean and México 79 2.2 18.8 21
Andean Zone 55.6 8.2 36.3 44.5
Bolivia 47.9 27.1 25.1 52.2
Colombia 73.7 6.6 19.8 26.4
Ecuador 73.2 5 21.8 26.8
Perú 75.3 11.7 13 24.7
Venezuela 1 0 99 99
Southern Cone 37.1 6.1 56.8 62.9
Argentina 12.7 2.4 84.9 87.3
Brazil 43.4 7.3 49.3 56.6
Chile
Paraguay 64.5 1.7 33.9 35.6
Urugay
South America 39.2 6.3 54.5 60.8
Latin America 52.1 5 42.9 47.9