An Economic Evaluation of a Pest Management Control Program: "Outfox the Fox"
| dc.creator | Jones, Randall E. | |
| dc.creator | Saunders, Glen | |
| dc.creator | Balogh, Suzy | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T18:30:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T04:31:19Z | |
| dc.description | Foxes are regarded as a serious pest of environmental and grazing systems in Australia. The fox is a recognised predator of native wildlife and has been a significant contributor to the population decline of many native mammal, bird and reptile species. There are also claims that foxes may account for up to 30% of lamb mortalities in some areas, while mortality due to predation of 2 to 5% is more likely in most regions. The ‘Outfox the Fox’ program was established by NSW Agriculture in conjunction with a number of Rural Land Protection Boards to achieve a more strategic and coordinated fox baiting program. This program relies on a community driven and integrated management approach to the problem. The main features are to synchronise baiting across landholders at least twice a year, undertake baiting during periods when the fox is most susceptible, regularly check and replace baits, and continue until the bait take declines. A stochastic economic surplus and benefit-cost analysis model was developed to evaluate this program. The change in annual economic surplus due to the ‘Outfox the Fox’ program was $3.4m. The benefit-cost analysis showed that the project provided a significant return on public investment with a mean net present value of $9.8m and a mean benefit-cost ratio of 13.0:1. The stochastic analysis indicated that there was a very low probability of this program providing a negative economic return. | |
| dc.identifier | Other:ISSN 1442-9764 | |
| dc.identifier | Other:ISBN 0 7347 1763 6 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.42653 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/42653/files/ERR29.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/42653 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/551113 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/42653 | |
| dc.title | An Economic Evaluation of a Pest Management Control Program: "Outfox the Fox" | |
| dc.type | Text |