Economic Returns to the Boll Weevil Eradication Program
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Vol. 25 (2) , 46-55
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1074070800018952
Abstract
The economic viability of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia is assessed based on a five-year survey of producers. Results indicate the program increases yield 100 pounds per acre. This implies a 19 percent internal rate of return for producers over a ten-year period.Keywords
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