scholarly journals Cost-Benefit Analysis of Integrated Pest Management in Soybean Crops in the Midwest Region of Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Wochner ◽  
Juliana Simonato ◽  
José Jurca Grigolli ◽  
Maycon Saraiva Farinha ◽  
Luciana Mario Bernardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Commodity ◽  
Midwest Region

Abstract Soybean is the most traded agricultural commodity in the world and the main agricultural product exported by Brazil. The study was conducted in Midwest region of Brazil, during the 2018/2019 harvest. The conventional pest management carried out by the rural producer and the integrated pest management with biological control carried out by the MS Foundation were compared. After data collection, operational costs were calculated for both managements and subsequently an environmental cost and a cost-benefit analysis of the application of chemical pesticides were performed. An adapted model of environmental cost and cost-benefit analysis was used. The results show the economic viability of adopting biological control in one of the tested areas. This was due to the greater amount of pesticide applications by the farmer in conventional management, showing the importance of analyzing the environmental cost of the pesticides and avoiding products that have a high impact on non-target individuals.

The Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Decide Environmental Policy – a Dead End?

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-208
Author(s):  
Hege Westskog
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Ethical Foundation ◽  
Ethical Beliefs ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
Dead End

In this paper I discuss two questions which the decision maker has to consider before she makes use of the method of cost benefit analysis. First, she has to ask herself if she shares the ethical foundation of environmental cost benefit analysis. If not, could environmental cost benefit analysis be adjusted such that her ethical beliefs are incorporated? Second, if the decision maker shares the ethical foundation of environmental cost-benefit analysis, is this method appropriate when there are individuals in a society that hold other ethical beliefs than those implicitly assumed in an environmental cost-benefit analysis? When discussing these questions I focus on two different perspectives – the deontological and the agency aspect of individual preferences. I argue that the answer to both questions is «no», though the answer to the second question is not as clear as the answer to the first.

Environmental cost–benefit analysis of decentralised wastewater treatment and re-use: a case study of rural Jordan

Water Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele Lienhoop ◽  
Emad K. Al-Karablieh ◽  
Amer Z. Salman ◽  
Jaime A. Cardona
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Flexible Adaptation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Market Benefits

Decentralised wastewater treatment systems offer an opportunity to introduce wastewater treatment and generate irrigation water in places that are not connected to centralised treatment plants. The advantages of decentralised technologies include their capability to provide wastewater treatment infrastructure in remote and hilly rural communities and their flexible adaptation to fast-growing semi-urban settlements. In this study we investigate the costs and benefits of introducing decentralised wastewater treatment and re-use to two locations in Jordan. The cost–benefit analysis (CBA) used here differs from traditional CBA in that it includes non-market benefits for which monetary values are not readily available, in addition to market benefits. We elaborate on three valuation methods to monetise benefits associated with the environment, health and irrigation in agriculture. Our findings suggest that it is principally worthwhile to establish decentralised treatment technologies in remote areas.

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