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001 2006415639
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008 060727s2006 dcua f000 0 eng d
010 $a 2006415639
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm68190957
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050 00 $aSB608. S7$bV35 2006
082 00 $a632/.30973$222
086 0 $aA 93.73:18
245 04 $aThe value of plant disease early-warning systems :$ba case study of USDA's soybean rust coordinated framework /$cMichael J. Roberts ... [et al.].
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bUSDA Economic Research Service,$c[2006]
300 $av, 38 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aEconomic research report ;$vno. 18
500 $a"April 2006."
500 $a"Early-warning systems for plant diseases are valuable when the systems provide timely forecasts that farmers can use to inform their pest management decisions. To evaluate the value of the systems, this study examines, as a case study, USDA's coordinated framework for soybean rust surveillance, reporting, prediction, and management, which was developed before the 2005 growing season. The framework's linchpin is a website that provides real-time, county-level information on the spread of the disease. The study assesses the value of the information tool to farmers and factors that influence that value. The information's value depends most heavily on farmers' perceptions of the forecast's accuracy. The study finds that the framework's information is valuable to farmers even in a year with a low rust infection like that of 2005. We estimate that the information provided by the framework increased U.S. soybean producers' profits by a total of $11-$299 million in 2005, or between 16 cents and $4.12 per acre, depending on the quality of information and other factors. The reported cost of the framework was between $2.6 million and almost $5 million in 2005." (p.i)
500 $aAlso available on the World Wide Web.
650 0 $aSoybean rust disease$xEpidemiology.
650 0 $aSoybean$xDiseases and pests$xMonitoring.
700 1 $aRoberts, Michael J.$q(Michael James)
710 1 $aUnited States.$bDepartment of Agriculture.$bEconomic Research Service.
830 0 $aEconomic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research) ;$vno. 18.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2006415639.html
856 41 $uhttp://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err18/err18.pdf