Total crop area (million ha) subject to herbicide treatment (if all crop using non-GM seed) |
16.47 |
Baseline aggregate ai use (million kgs) if all conventional (basis 3.616 kg/ha) | 59.54 |
Baseline aggregate EIQ units (million) if all conventional (basis 62.04 ha) | 1,021.5 |
GM IR crop area (million ha) on which change in herbicide use applicable | 15.99 |
Aggregate herbicide ai saving (million kg) based on average saving per ha of GM HT cotton relative to conventional soybeans (3.616–3.59 = saving of 0.026 kg/ha) | 0.434 (−0.7%) |
Aggregate herbicide EIQ saving (million units) based on average saving per ha of GM HT soybeans relative to conventional soybeans (62.04–54.53 = saving of 7.51 EIQ units/ha) | 120.04 (−11.8%) |