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Title:
A benefit-cost framework for responding to an incursion of Varroa destructor (Research Report 12.5)
Series:
Research reports
Series Issue:
2012.05 June 2012
Publication Date:
26/06/2012
Description:
Australia remains the only continent free of Varroa destructor, a devastating mite pest of European honey bees. This research report outlines a benefit-cost analysis framework that can be used in the future to assess the economic feasibility of response plans in the event of an incursion of Varroa in Australia. The framework is based on a bio-economic model that links a spatially explicit Varroa spread module with partial equilibrium market modules for pollination services and commodities produced from pollination dependent crops. The pollination services market module allows for substitution of managed pollination for any lost feral honey bee pollination, as has been observed overseas following the establishment of Varroa. The report presents illustrative estimates of economic losses and demonstrates that slowing the spread can significantly reduce these losses. It also highlights the critical role that an expanded managed pollination industry could potentially play in helping to reduce economic losses from a Varroa incursion
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ABARES : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences : Department of Agriculture
Author:
HAFI Ahmed Mr

MILLIST Nicola Ms

MOREY Kristopher Mr

CALEY Peter Mr

BUETRE Benjamin Mr
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Other constraints: Licence type:Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australian Licence (CC By)

Other constraints: Ownership of intellectual property rights: Unless otherwise noted, copyright (and any other intellectual property rights, if any) in this publication is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia (referred to as the Commonwealth). Creative Commons licence: All material in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, save for content supplied by third parties, logos and the Commonwealth Coat of Arms.

Other constraints: This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as: Hafi, A, Millist, N, Morey, K, Caley, P and Buetre, B 2012, A benefit-cost framework for responding to an incursion of Varroa destructor, ABARES research report 12.5, prepared for National Biosecurity Committee, Canberra, June. CC BY 3.0
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ISBN 978-1-74323-034-3

ISSN 1447-8358
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