Soliman, T. and Mourits, M. C. M. and Oude Lansink, A. G. J. M. and et al, . (2012) Quantitative economic impact assessment of an invasive plant disease under uncertainty e A case study for potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) invasion into the European Union. Crop Protection, 40. pp. 28-35.
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International treaties require that phytosanitary measures against introduction and spread of invasive plant pests are justified by a science-based pest risk analysis, including an assessment of potential economic consequences. This study evaluates the economic justification of the currently applied phytosanitary measures against potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). It assesses the impact of an unregulated EU infestation, while accounting for uncertainty due to scarcity of data. Expert opinions were elicited to describe the possible range of PSTVd spread. Stochastic simulations, based on the assessments of separate experts, indicated that the direct impacts exceed the costs of current phytosanitary measures (V5.6 M/year) with a probability of 44%, but with large differences between experts making it hard to justify the measures solely by the expected savings in direct impacts. The direct impact on potato producerswas estimated with partial budgeting. This impact is 2.1MV, based on an assumed prevalence of PSTVdof 0.73%, while the direct impact on tomato producers was estimated at 3.5 MV. The total economic impact, considering price changes and higher costs for consumers, was estimated at 4.4 MV for potatoes and 5.7 MV for tomatoes. Consumers bore 92% of the total costs of invasion in the case of potato and 77% in the case of tomato. If the presence of PSTVd would imply export restrictions, resulting in an annual loss of more than 1% of the total EU export value of potatoes and tomatoes, the cost of current phytosanitary measures would also be justified. The potential economic impacts of PSTVd into the European Union are therefore demonstrably of importance when considering market effects or export losses but questionable if only accounting for the direct losses. The large degree of uncertainty in the prevalence of disease contributes to the justifiability of measures based on the precautionary principle. The assessment approach can be useful for assessing the economic justification of phytosanitary measures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Work on this paper was supported by the European Commission under grant agreement number 212459, seventh framework programme, project PRATIQUE: Enhancement of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Economic impact assessment, Uncertainty, Pest risk analysis, Risk management, .PSTVd |
| Author Affiliation: | Wageningen University, Social Sciences, Business Economics Group, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2012 03:14 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2012 03:15 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2012.04.019 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7447 |
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