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Given that much of this pollution results from agricultural practices, agricultural stewardship measures could offer a means of source control.
Findings suggest inspectors function as change agents, channeled through inter- and intra-institutional cooperation.
To be useful, the special agricultural safeguard should do more than provide formulas for import restrictions.
Also the animal health inspectors should pay more attention to the feeding conditions of the animals on farm and the abattoirs.
Indeed, profit maximization is achieved with a lower number of inspectors, thus reducing inspection costs, which are relevant determinants in proficient PTCs.
The findings can be applied to set up selection criteria as well as training schemes for industrial inspectors.
Likewise, fuller accounting for hidden health costs in future would allow farmers to make more informed decisions about agricultural pest management.
Our results provide a detailed analysis of the number of inspectors required for varying levels of cost-effectiveness during inspections; and the number of inspectors required by the CR estimators to provide estimates within 5% to 20% of the actual.