Evaluation of conservation biological control innovation in winegrowing

Ross Cullen; Sharon Forbes; Rachel Grout; Clive Smallman

Evaluation of conservation biological control innovation in winegrowing

Ross Cullen^*, Sharon Forbes, Rachel Grout, Clive Smallman

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference - Tahuma Conference Centre, Nelson, New Zealand Duration: 26 Aug 2010 → 27 Aug 2010

Conference

Conference	New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference
Abbreviated title	2010 NZARES Conference
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Nelson
Period	26/08/10 → 27/08/10

Keywords

Innovation
Winegrowing
Conservation biological control

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Evaluation of conservation biological control innovation in winegrowing

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