Evaluation of Conservation Biological Control Innovation in Winegrowing

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Ross Cullen, Sharon Forbes, Rachel Grout and Clive Smallman

No 97986, 2010 Conference, August 26-27, 2010, Nelson, New Zealand from New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: Conservation biological control (CBC) aims to improve conditions for natural enemies in agricultural landscapes and has the goal of reducing pest species below threshold level to thus avoid the need for synthetic chemicals. The CBC approach has been introduced in several counties, including New Zealand. Agricultural R&D is widely studied, however agricultural innovations and their adoption is less studied. A CBC practice introduced in Waipara vineyards is described in this paper and an evaluation of the uptake and economic sustainability of this innovation is provided. Results indicate that there are ongoing costs involved with maintaining the innovation and that adoption of the innovation is highly variable across winegrowing properties.

Keywords: innovation; winegrowing; Conservation Biological Control; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08
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