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Invasive Species and Biosecurity: Cost of Monitoring and Controlling Mediterranean Fruit Flies in Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Raphael Pierre ,
Thomas H. Spreen  and
Charles B. Moss
Raphael Pierre
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida
Thomas H. Spreen
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida
Charles B. Moss
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida
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Abstract

The growing movement of people and goods that started in the closing years of the twentieth century has increased the possibility of the accidental or intentional introduction of biohazards that can affect agricultural production in the United States. This study examines the ex ante decision between the deployment of monitoring devices (traps) versus the use of countermeasures to control Mediterranean fruit flies in Florida. To examine this tradeoff, this study outlines a mathematical model to study the effectiveness of traps and the cost of treatment. The empirical results presented in this study indicate that additional parameterization efforts are needed.

Keywords

biohazardsconditional probabilitycost of eradicationdensity functionsC60Q12Q57
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , August 2006 , pp. 337 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2006

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