GLYPHOSATE TRAIL

1974

Introduced in the market

Global consumption since 1974 8.6 billion kg 72% of which was used in the last 10 years

USA used 1.6 billion kg This is 19% of glyphosate used globally 2/3rd of this was used between 2004 and 2014. In 2014, farmers sprayed 1 kg on every hectare of cultivated cropland

Genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant crops account for about 56% of global glyphosate use