Table 1. Estimated impact of GE varieties on pesticide use, average impact over 1998–2011 (assumes βt = β, ∀ t).
Soybean herbicides | Maize herbicides | Maize insecticides | ||||
a.i. kg/ha | EIQ kg/ha | a.i. kg/ha | EIQ kg/ha | a.i. kg/ha | EIQ kg/ha | |
Gi | 0.3021*** | 0.0045 | −0.0329* | −0.2590*** | −0.0129*** | −0.0122*** |
(0.0097) | (0.0122) | (0.0150) | (0.0156) | (0.0014) | (0.0014) | |
N | 86,736 | 86,736 | 134,264 | 134,264 | 134,264 | 134,264 |
R2 | 0.067 | 0.028 | 0.022 | 0.027 | 0.039 | 0.051 |