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the models to the case study of Colorado potato beetle in the UK. The results demonstrate that eradication is optimal for … to smaller total overall costs of invasion and makes eradication optimal for larger sizes of initial invasion. In many …
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We develop an agent-based model integrated with a spatial stochastic simulation harmful non-indigenous species (NIS) spread model in which farmers have learning and imitation capabilities. The model is applied to the western corn rootworm (WCR) invasion in the UK. The invasion is never...
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Increasing volumes and speed of agricultural trade and the opening of new markets for agricultural products create greater challenges to systems established to protect countries from invasive organisms that can be harmful to human and animal health, crops and natural environments. In reaction to...
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“Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes” Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774).
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the likelihood of successful eradication and reducing control costs and damages from future invasions. We develop a …
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of eradication policies when opium is used as a means of obtaining credit, and when the crops are produced in … sharecropping arrangements. The analysis suggests that when perfect credit markets are available, an increased risk of eradication … effects of eradication are no longer clear-cut. Finally, under sharecropping arrangements, increased risk of eradication will …
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One component of biosecurity is protection against invasive alien species, which are one of the most important threats …
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The economic impacts of altering quarantine policies are divided into two main areas: trade evaluations, utilising a partial equilibrium approach to determine the benefits of market liberalisation; or pest management economics, used to determine the on-ground impacts of introduced species. This...
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