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<blockquote data-quote="JohnF" data-source="post: 12155" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>This seems to have been posted rather quietly as an addendum to the latest AFB plan proposal - but after many years since the last one, the agency has done a cost benefit of AFB (as in, the current costs versus letting it rip with no regulation).</p><p>From the first part from the Executive Summary:</p><p></p><p><em>The economic cost of AFB comprises of hive losses and control costs. The 2022/23 annual economic cost of AFB is estimated at $23.2 million ($3.6m hive losses and $19.6m control costs). Of the $19.6m control costs, total levy cost is only $1.7 million, or 8% of total control costs, while 92% is beekeeper costs for detecting and controlling AFB. With no NPMP, the annual economic cost of AFB is estimated to rise to $29.5 million by 2032/33 ($9.4m hive losses and $20.1m in control costs). With no NPMP, 99,909 hives are forecasted to become infected with AFB over a ten-year period, starting at 5,810 hives in 2023/24 and rising to 13,462 hives in 2032/33. Consequently, hive losses to the beekeeping industry are estimated at $70 million over a ten-year period. This is $4.1 million in annual hive losses in 2023/24 and rising to $9.4 million in 2032/33. </em></p><p></p><p> Full cost benefit analysis is <a href="https://afb.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AFB-CBA-report-final-Aug2022.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnF, post: 12155, member: 233"] This seems to have been posted rather quietly as an addendum to the latest AFB plan proposal - but after many years since the last one, the agency has done a cost benefit of AFB (as in, the current costs versus letting it rip with no regulation). From the first part from the Executive Summary: [I]The economic cost of AFB comprises of hive losses and control costs. The 2022/23 annual economic cost of AFB is estimated at $23.2 million ($3.6m hive losses and $19.6m control costs). Of the $19.6m control costs, total levy cost is only $1.7 million, or 8% of total control costs, while 92% is beekeeper costs for detecting and controlling AFB. With no NPMP, the annual economic cost of AFB is estimated to rise to $29.5 million by 2032/33 ($9.4m hive losses and $20.1m in control costs). With no NPMP, 99,909 hives are forecasted to become infected with AFB over a ten-year period, starting at 5,810 hives in 2023/24 and rising to 13,462 hives in 2032/33. Consequently, hive losses to the beekeeping industry are estimated at $70 million over a ten-year period. This is $4.1 million in annual hive losses in 2023/24 and rising to $9.4 million in 2032/33. [/I] Full cost benefit analysis is [URL='https://afb.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AFB-CBA-report-final-Aug2022.pdf']here[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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