Data/hora: 01/06/2024 11:15:01

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Surveillance in Fruit Flies Free Areas: An Economic Analysis
Autores: | Florec,   Veronique; Sadler,   Rohan; White,   Benedict.
Data: | 2010-08-24
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Surveillance measures; Queensland Fruit Fly; Area-Wide Management of Pests; Pest-free area; Invasive species; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q1; Q17; Q18.
Resumo: | Increasing pressure to reduce the use of pre and post-harvest treatment chemicals to control insect pests has led to calls for alternative control methods. As a result, the implementation of area-wide management of pests could be developed as either an alternative to chemicals or as a means of reducing pesticide use. However, maintaining an area-wide management programme can be expensive as it requires the execution of surveillance activities, exclusion measures and contingency plans for a rapid eradication response in the case of a pest outbreak. A sound benefit-cost analysis is an essential starting point to measure gains from research and development into improved methods of surveillance and exclusion. This paper presents a study of the costs of surveillance measures. We applied our model to the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (FFEZ) in South Eastern Australia.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/100882

Relação:

University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;Working Papers

Working Paper

1009

Formato: | 13