Country	Area of trait (ha)	Average ai use GM crop (kg/ha)	Average ai use if conventional (kg/ha)	Average field EIQ/ha GM crop	Average field EIQ/ha if conventional	Aggregate change in ai use (‘000 kg)	Aggregate change in field EIQ/ha units (‘000s)
Maize insecticides	70,347	0.07	0.281	1.9	9.25	14.7	517
Maize herbicides	76,014	2.07	2.514	43.98	59.05	34.0	1,146
Cotton insecticides	11,849	0.35	0.69	8.49	20.29	4.0	140
Cotton herbicides	12,103	1.79	2.305	28.03	38.21	6.2	123

Sources: Insecticide and herbicide use changes based on Brookes and Barfoot², Céleres^6,15 and personal communications with industry staff about more recent/current insecticides and herbicides that are/would need to be used to control pests or for weed control, if GM maize and cotton technologies were not used