Economic evaluation of exclusion netting

 Additional or reduced costs for (e.g.):

• Investment
• Acquisition
• Maintenance
• Labor requirement
• Deconstruction and disposal
• Plant protection (quantity, frequency)
• Yield and fruit quality
• Marketability

 Other economic questions to be answered (e.g.):

• Are investments in new machinery necessary?
• Do peaks in workload occur and can they be compensated?
• Is the use of pollinators necessary to ensure sufficient pollination results?                      
• Is the use of beneficial organisms possible to reduce plant protection inputs?

 Data used:

• Results of annual surveys among fruit farmers, project managers and netting system suppliers;
• On site evaluations of labor time requirements;
• Data collections and literature.