The New Zealand Institute for Economic Development recently published a landmark report showing that the New Zealand economy will lose up to $ 11.4 billion without plant protection products (CZP) and that the crop will lose a total of 30% of its value. The report covers forestry, pasture, horticulture, field crops and vegetable growing.
Agcarm CEO Mark Ross says the report highlights the importance of the plant protection industry for the New Zealand economy.
“The industry not only plays an important role in supporting the economy, but is also vital for producing safe food and protecting the environment. She's developing biosafety intrusion management tools that harm our local species and crops, ”Ross says.
Plant protection products have far-reaching consequences for the country. Without them, many industries would suffer significant losses. For example, gardening will lose 75% of the value of its crops.
A serious decline in kiwi production would be caused by the 2010 PSA fatal outbreak. Vegetable growers face losses of around 88%. In many cases, it would be impossible to grow commercial quantities of crops without these products.
In other cases, the yield will be much lower, and the economic effect of this will be significant.
