Maize was the country's largest domestic crop prior to the farm evictions.
Bread made from American wheat replaced domestic crops as the cheapest staple food.
In doing this they also had to implement rationing so that the consumption of domestic crops would be lowered.
Citrus is an important domestic and export crop for Brazil.
Agricultural activities include forestry, and the production of sugar cane and other domestic crops.
In 2006 it was estimated that there was 22 million pounds of domestic crop.
Most Colombians live in rural areas, but their country's economic opening in the early 1990's destroyed the market for traditional domestic crops.
Most small farmers produce domestic and orchard crops and this is the main source of employment.
Mexican avocados would endanger the domestic crop, he said.
A gene inserted into a domestic crop to improve its protein quality seems unlikely to cause any harm.