An Economic Valuation of Biotic Pollination Services in Georgia | Zendy

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An Economic Valuation of Biotic Pollination Services in Georgia

Author(s) -

Ashley Barfield,

John C. Bergstrom,

Susana Ferreira,

Alan P. Covich,

Keith S. Delaplane

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of economic entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818

H-Index - 101

eISSN - 1938-291X

pISSN - 0022-0493

DOI - 10.1093/jee/tou045

Subject(s) - pollinator , pollination , agriculture , biology , valuation (finance) , agroforestry , ecology , vulnerability (computing) , economic impact analysis , agricultural productivity , agricultural economics , geography , economics , pollen , computer security , finance , computer science , microeconomics

As agriculture faces documented decline in bees and other insect pollinators, empirical assessments of potential economic losses are critical for contextualizing the impacts of this decline and for prioritizing research needs. For the state of Georgia, we show that the annual economic value of biotic pollinators is substantial--US$367 million, equivalent to 13 percent of the total production value of crops studied and 3 percent of the total production value of Georgia's agricultural sector. Our unique Geographic Information Systems analysis reveals an irregular pattern of vulnerability. While the Georgia counties displaying the highest economic values of pollination are clustered in southern Georgia, those with the highest dependency on pollinators in terms of their contribution to crop production value are more dispersed throughout the state.

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