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Pests as a Common Property Resource: A Case Study of Alfalfa Weevil Control
Author(s) -
Regev Uri,
Gutierrez Andrew P.,
Feder Gershon
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238969
Subject(s) - weevil , externality , pest analysis , pesticide , common pool resource , resource (disambiguation) , property (philosophy) , pest control , integrated pest management , biological pest control , control (management) , agronomy , agroforestry , agricultural engineering , natural resource economics , business , biology , ecology , economics , computer science , botany , engineering , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , management
The biological interactions of a pest‐plant system are incorporated into an optimal pest‐control model, using data and estimated parameters specific to the alfalfa weevil. Due to the externalities inherent in situations involving common property resources, different solutions are obtained for private and societal formulations of the optimization problem. In contrast to current pesticide‐spraying practices, it is shown that pesticide should be applied early in the season, before any damage can be observed.