I think Brazil is an excellent example. Certainly there is lots of innovation and lots of research being done. Brazil has also recently been a powerhouse of organic production.
I think what's perhaps worthy of noting in the Brazil example is that they have dedicated entire tracts of land to non-GMO production to adequately control for transgenic flow and to guarantee the markets they already have established, which they don't want to lose, such as those in Europe and Asia.
In addition to investing and promoting a diverse agricultural system, they've chosen to include within that considerations for non-GMO production and for organic marketing.