Economic Risk Efficiency of Boll Weevil Eradication

Philip I. Szmedra, Ronald W. McClendon and Michael E. Wetzstein

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1991, vol. 23, issue 1, 237-245

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the economic risk efficiency of implementing a boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis [Boheman]) eradication (BWE) program in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) producing regions of the Mississippi Delta. Alternative producer pest management practices and program cost sharing were incorporated into a biophysical cotton simulation model. Participation in a BWE program along with strict adherence to Cooperative Extension Service pest management guidelines proved to be the risk efficient practice.

Date: 1991
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