Cost-Benefit Analysis of American Foulbrood (AFB) Disease Management Options in Queensland – Preliminary Results

Ian S. Jarratt and Mary Ann Franco-Dixon

No 123819, 1999 Conference (43th), January 20-22, 1999, Christchurch, New Zealand from Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: American Foulbrood disease (AFB) is a bacterial disease of honey bees which causes significant economic losses in Queensland and other Australian states and many other countries, including New Zealand. This study: reviews several previous applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to AFB control/eradication programs presents preliminary results from the use of CBA to assess a range of alternatives to the present AFB control program in Queensland.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1999-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.123819

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