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E CONOMIC I MPACTS OF I NVASIVE S PECIES IN CA A GRICULTURE

E CONOMIC I MPACTS OF I NVASIVE S PECIES IN CA A GRICULTURE. Dr. Karen Klonsky Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics University of CA, Davis. I NVASIVE S PECIES C ROP L OSSES AND R ELATED C ONTROL C OSTS. Source: Pimentel, et al., 2000. BioScience (50:1),. E CONOMIC C ONCEPTS.

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E CONOMIC I MPACTS OF I NVASIVE S PECIES IN CA A GRICULTURE

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  1. ECONOMIC IMPACTS OFINVASIVE SPECIES INCAAGRICULTURE Dr. Karen Klonsky Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics University of CA, Davis

  2. INVASIVE SPECIES CROP LOSSES AND RELATED CONTROL COSTS Source: Pimentel, et al., 2000. BioScience (50:1),

  3. ECONOMIC CONCEPTS • Public good – Consumption by one person does not preclude or make more expensive consumption by another. Example: national defense • External cost – Occurs when producers or consumers do not incur the full cost of their actions. • Example: Pesticide pollution of a stream

  4. MARKETVS. POLICY SOLUTIONS • Market solution – may be industry wide. Groups of individuals agree to change behavior for common good. • Public Policy Action – Public good characteristics point to market failure but not the appropriate form of government action. • Most pest management regulation of ag are related to environmental concerns.

  5. POLICY OPTIONS FORINVASIVES • Exclusion or border measures – prohibit entry into the country or a region of the country. • Containment – limit spread once the pest is established • Eradication – eliminate a pest from a region. • Monitoring – outbreaks and movement

  6. ANIMAL ANDPLANT INSPECTION SERVICE (APHIS) • Charged with protecting the US against entry of new pests and diseases primarily of agricultural animals and plants. • Border rules for imported farm products • Control of accidental entry of farm pests brought to the US by travelers. • Pest eradication programs. • Now part of the Dept. of Homeland Security

  7. PRIVATE SECTOR MANAGEMENT OFESTABLISHED INFESTATIONS

  8. PARTIES IMPACTED BYINVASIVE SPECIES • Agricultural industries • Growers – lower income, higher costs, higher market price • Marketing sector – restrictions on exports • Input suppliers – demand for labor, fuel, seed, and other inputs may increase or decrease • Consumers – increase in price • Taxpayers – public funding for programs

  9. RESEARCH EXAMPLES Daniel Sumner, Editor.2000.Exotic Pests and Diseases, Iowa State Press. • “Risk assessment of plant - parasitic nematodes”, Ferris et al. • “A rational regulatory policy: the case of Karnal bunt”, Glauber and Narrod.

  10. RISK ASSESSMENT OFPLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES IN CA Major crops impacted: Grapes, nursery, lettuce, citrus, cotton, strawberries, alfalfa

  11. GROWER COSTS ANDBENEFITS OFERADICATING NEMATODES

  12. TOTAL COST OFWIDESPREAD NEMATODE ESTABLISHMENT1,000 ACRES

  13. KARNAL BUNT DISEASEBRIEF HISTORY 1982 – Wheat disease found in Mexico. 1988 – USDA risk assessment found risk to be high due to border proximity. 1991 – USDA assessment; recommends quarantine in the event of an introduction. 1996 – Detection in AZ. USDA emergency quarantine in AZ, CA, NM, and TX.

  14. IMPACT OFREDUCED EXPORTS FROMAN OUTBREAK OFKARNAL BUNT

  15. COSTS DUE TO KARNAL BUNTREGULATIONS

  16. QUARANTINE BENEFITS ANDCOSTS ($ MILLION)

  17. ADDITIONAL COSTS ANDBENEFITS OFALTERNATIVE QUARANTINE OPTIONS

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