Crop Biosecurity Assuring our Global Food Supply /

Prevention and preparedness are the two basic approaches to maximize food security against any sort of tampering, whether natural, inadvertent or intentional. The NATO funded project "Tools for crop biosecurity" was designed to strengthen the cooperation among U.S., Europe and Israel in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gullino, Maria Lodovica (Editor ), Fletcher, Jacqueline (Editor ), Gamliel, Abraham (Editor ), Stack, James Peter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
Temas:
Agriculture.
Plant diseases.
Microbiology.
Criminal law.
Ecology .
Plant Pathology.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Crop Biosecurity: Definitions and Role in Food Safety and Food Security
  • Scope of the Project
  • Challenges to Crop Biosecurity
  • High Consequence Plant Pathogens
  • Crop Biosecurity: Local, National, Regional and Global Perspectives
  • The Need for Diagnostic Tools and Infrastructure
  • Crop Biosecurity: Containment and Eradication of Invasive Pathogens
  • The Need for Forensic Tools in a Balanced National Agricultural Security Program
  • The Need for Secure Communications Networks and Global Connectivity
  • The Case for International Cooperation as a Strategy to Achieve Crop Biosecurity
  • Crop and Food Biosecurity Research: Luxury or Need?
  • Evaluation of Critical Issues and Identification of Research and Investments Needs in the Field of Crop Biosecurity in Europe
  • European Commission's Green Paper on Bio-Preparedness.

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