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dc.contributor.authorSkonhoft, Anders
dc.contributor.authorHerwig, Leirs
dc.contributor.authorAndreassen, Harry Peter
dc.contributor.authorMulungu, Loth S. A.
dc.contributor.authorStenseth, Nils Christian
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-17T09:06:59Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.identifier.citationSkonhoft, A., Herwig, L., Andreassen, H., Mulungu, L., Stenseth, N. (2006) The bioeconomics of controlling an African rodent pest species. Environment and Development Economics, 11(4), 453-475
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134158
dc.description.abstractThe paper treats the economy of controlling an African pest rodent, the multimammate rat, causing major damage in maize production. An ecological population model is presented and used as a basis for the economic analyses carried out at the village level using data from Tanzania. This model incorporates both density-dependent and density-independent (stochastic) factors. Rodents are controlled by applying poison, and the costs are made up of the cost of poison plus the damage to maize production. We analyse how the present-value costs of maize production are affected by various rodent control strategies, by varying the duration and timing of rodenticide application. Our numerical results suggest that it is economically beneficial to control the rodent population. In general, the most cost-effective duration of controlling the rodent population is 3–4 months every year, and especially at the end of the dry season/beginning of rainy season. The paper demonstrates that changing from today's practice of symptomatic treatment when heavy rodent damage is noticed to a practice where the calendar is emphasized, may substantially improve the economic conditions for the maize producing farmers. This main conclusion is highly robust and not much affected by changing prices of maize production.en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.subjectbioøkonomien
dc.subjectbioeconomyen
dc.subjectAfrikaen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectskadedyren
dc.subjectgnagereen
dc.subjectpesten
dc.subjectrodenten
dc.titleThe bioeconomics of controlling an African rodent pest speciesen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.typeJournal article
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic zoology: 487en
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486en
dc.source.pagenumber453-475en
dc.source.volume11en
dc.source.journalEnvironment and Development Economicsen
dc.source.issue4en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X06003044


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