After Brazil (51% negative) and Colombia (20%), Fitch Ratings has assigned negative outlooks to 19% of corporates in Chile, 12% in Peru, 9% in Mexico, and 6% in Argentina.
The 2016 total was more than half a billion dollars above the $5.2 billion USD reported in 2015 and puts the industry second in terms of foreign revenue generation after the oil sector.
Oxitec's genetically modified mosquitos produce offspring that will "inherit a self-limiting gene that causes them to die before reaching functional adulthood."