We want to protect the nation from the effects of animal and plant diseases and pests, to enable sustainable production, trade, and a vibrant natural environment. Our focus is on building resilience to prevent, detect, adapt, and enable risk-based control.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
As with many developed countries the UK's agricultural land is under pressure to provide food to a growing population in the most efficient and sustainable manner. There is an added opportunity and responsibility for cou...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: G'S FRESH LIMITED
The project focuses on developing a solution for early detection and management of crop diseases, which is directly related to the question of applying science and technology to deliver a risk-based approach to plant biosecurity.
Climate change models predict that average UK temperatures will increase by up to 5 degrees celsius by the 2080s, that winters will be wetter and summers drier and that intense rain events will be more frequent (UKCIP200...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: Fera Science (United Kingdom)
The project addresses the impacts of climate change on the risks of biological and chemical contaminants from agriculture, which is partially relevant to the question of applying science and technology to deliver a risk-based approach to animal and plant biosecurity.
This project aims to use image and climatic data, collected by global satellites, to help improve estimates where pests and diseases of agriculture may spread. Changing climates mean that more areas globally are becoming...
Funded by: STFC
Lead research organisation: CAB International
The project aims to improve biosecurity risk mapping of pest and disease using Earth Observation data, which is partially relevant to the question of applying science and technology to deliver a risk-based approach to animal and plant biosecurity.