TABLE 2.

Impact of changes in the use of herbicides and insecticides from growing GM HT (tolerant to glyphosate) crops globally 2015 that would potentially be lost if glyphosate use was banned.

Trait	Change in volume of active ingredient used (million kg)	Change in field EIQ impact (in terms of million field EIQ/ha units)	Percent Change in active ingredient use on GM crops	Percent change in environmental impact associated with herbicide & insecticide use on GM crops	Area GM trait 2015 (million ha)
GM herbicide tolerant soybeans	+9.77	−488.7	+10.9	−10.9	76.7
GM herbicide tolerant maize	−12.63	−503.9	−6.2	−12.5	45.3
GM herbicide tolerant canola	−3.04	−90.6	−24.0	−36.0	8.6
GM herbicide tolerant cotton	−2.01	−44.0	−1.2	−12.9	4.2
GM herbicide tolerant sugar beet	−0.25	−1.4	−18.0	−8.8	0.47
Totals	−8.16	−1,128.67	−1.7	−12.4	135.27

Source: Derived from Brookes G and Barfoot P¹.