Table 2. Impacts of GM crop adoption by modified trait.
Outcome variable | All GM crops | Insect resistance | Herbicide tolerance |
Yield | 21.57***(15.65; 27.48) | 24.85***(18.49; 31.22) | 9.29**(1.78; 16.80) |
n/m | 451/100 | 353/83 | 94/25 |
Pesticide quantity | –36.93***(–48.01; −25.86) | –41.67***(–51.99; −31.36) | 2.43(–20.26; 25.12) |
n/m | 121/37 | 108/31 | 13/7 |
Pesticide cost | –39.15***(–46.96; −31.33) | –43.43***(–51.64; −35.22) | –25.29***(–33.84; −16.74) |
n/m | 193/57 | 145/45 | 48/15 |
Total productioncost | 3.25(–1.76; 8.25) | 5.24**(0.25; 10.73) | –6.83(–16.43; 2.77) |
n/m | 115/46 | 96/38 | 19/10 |
Farmer profit | 68.21***(46.31; 90.12) | 68.78***(46.45; 91.11) | 64.29(–24.73; 153.31) |
n/m | 136/42 | 119/36 | 17/9 |
Average percentage differences between GM and non-GM crops are shown with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. *, **, *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively. n is the number of observations, m the number of different primary datasets from which these observations are derived.