The article, published in the journal, indicates rising costs for weed control, less effective weed control and lower yields, if farmers in seven Asian countries will no longer be able to use glyphosate .

In a peer-reviewed article, written by Graham Brookes of PG Economics Ltd, studied current use of glyphosate, causes of its application and what changes will farmers make in their programs of weed control if glyphosate is no longer available for use. The seven countries included in the study - Australia, China, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand - because the use of glyphosate in agriculture is significant (is the cultivation of glyphosate-resistant crops), and possible options to limit glyphosate.

Glyphosate is widely used to destroy weeds in Asia. Farmers said that if this herbicide will not, they will start to use further combinations of herbicides and / or will rely upon the mechanical / manual weeding. According to farmers, this will complicate weed control and increase the cost of agricultural production.

According to the study, annual costs for weed control in these seven countries will increase by 1.4–1.9 billion U.S. dollars, the average cost will range from 22 to 30 us $ / ha. a Significant increase in production costs represents a serious loss of global competitiveness for farmers when removing glyphosate from the market APK.

Economic and environmental benefits from the cultivation of glyphosate-tolerant corn and cotton in Australia, the Philippines and Vietnam also will be reset.

Without glyphosate, farmers will be less able to create environmental benefits by reducing soil treatment, such as lower carbon emissions, less soil erosion and greater moisture content in the soil.