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Economic Returns to the Boll Weevil Eradication Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Nicolas B.C. Ahouissoussi ,
Michael E. Wetzstein  and
Patricia A. Duffy
Nicolas B.C. Ahouissoussi
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Michael E. Wetzstein
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Patricia A. Duffy
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Abstract

The economic viability of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia is assessed based on a five-year survey of producers. Results indicate the program increases yield 100 pounds per acre. This implies a 19 percent internal rate of return for producers over a ten-year period.

Keywords

cottonpest managementregional pest control
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , December 1993 , pp. 46 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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