Table 1.

Annual cereal production and pesticide use by the largest global food producers [28,30,31].

Region	Annual Production of Cereals * [million tonnes]	Crop Area * [million ha]	Estimated Pesticide Usage [kg/ha]	Estimated Fungicide Usage [kg/ha]
World	2166	482.5	117.9	48.4
EU (27)	254.3	47.5	38.8 (EU)	19.4 (EU)
US	398.6	47.9	4.3	0.3
Brazil	121.2	24.9	12.7	2.8
China	418.2	67.5	1.4	0.4

* Wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn.