Crop Biosecurity Assuring our Global Food Supply /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gullino, Maria Lodovica (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fletcher, Jacqueline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gamliel, Abraham (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Stack, James Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Microbiology.; Plant pathology.; Criminal law.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Criminal Law.

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 the field of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.