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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Eradication of Exotic Weeds in Australia: Comparing Effort and Expenditure
Autores: | Hester,   Susan M.; Odom,   Doreen I.S.; Cacho,   Oscar J.; Sinden,   Jack A.
Data: | 2005-05-18
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Weeds; Eradication; Work effort; Expenditure; Infestation size; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | Weeds have many adverse impacts on agriculture and the environment and therefore are often targets of eradication attempts.  Eradication attempts involve large commitments of labour and financial resources over significant periods of time.  Using data from 12 Australian weed eradication attempts the authors compare work hours and expenditure on each attempt for various initial-infestation sizes.  Analysis of a limited data set shows: (1) that while the eradication effort increases with the initial area of infestation, the effort applied per hectare actually decreases; (2) that application of a greater work effort was not the reason why completed eradications were successful; and (3) that the larger the initial infestation size, the smaller the amount of resources applied per hectare for eradication.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

16560

http://purl.umn.edu/12921

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

University of New England&gt;School of Economics&gt;Working Papers

Working Paper 2004-4

Formato:

18

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