Costs and benefits of controlling quarantine diseases: A bio-economic modeling approach

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-149

  Breukers, Annemarie ^a   Mourits, Monique ^a   Werf, Wopke Van Der ^a   Lansink, Alfons Oude ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease control; Economics; Export losses; Plant production chain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPORT; FUNGAL DISEASE; POLICY MAKING; POTATO;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 41749102647     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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