An analysis of farmers’ experiences with deterrence methods and investment in mitigation of agricultural crop damage caused by geese
Fig 5
Assessed economic costs of goose handling by farmers in relation to perceived annual yield loss.
Costs for handling the goose problems are expressed in time consumption per week converted into labour costs (EURO) (A), costs of deterrence equipment and fuel for driving (B), total resource costs (labour costs + equipment + fuel costs) for one week of mitigation (C), and a scenario for 20 weeks of mitigation efforts (D). In the scenario for 20 weeks of mitigation, costs for deterrentsand fuel are kept fixed, while time expenditure increase with length of the mitigation period.