Measuring the impact of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes, that use the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control fruit fly pests of economic significance, is complex. These programmes affect practically the whole horticultural food chain. In this chapter, the impact of the programmes is assessed by focusing only on the benefits generated to producers and traders of horticultural products, the direct beneficiaries. This is done first by describing the types of benefits accrued from these programmes, second by explaining the factors that shape programme benefits, and finally by presenting several examples to illustrate how the SIT technology, when properly applied for eradication, containment, suppression, or prevention purposes, can generate substantial direct and indirect benefits to the horticulture industry.
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Enkerlin, W. R. (2005). Impact of fruit fly control programmes using the sterile insect technique. In Sterile Insect Technique: Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management (pp. 651–676). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4051-2_25
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