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:
How will climate change affect the diseases that threaten our health and food security? We have good reason to believe that climate change will cause a number of infectious diseases to spread to new places or occur more ...
Funded by: BBSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
The project aims to develop a tool for exploring the nature of vector-disease outbreaks and assess interventions to contain them, which directly addresses the question of enabling better biosecurity standards and behaviors to control and minimize the impact of disease and pests.
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 use Earth Observation data to improve datasets for biosecurity risk mapping of pest and disease, which partially addresses the question of enabling better biosecurity standards and behaviors to control and minimize the impact of disease and pests.
Worldwide, crops are threatened by invertebrate pests which cause feeding damage and transmit plant viruses. High levels of infestation can cause up to 80% yield loss. Currently, farmers are advised to follow economic th...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: MUTUS TECH LTD
The project addresses the development of AI-driven pest detection models and integrated pest management practices to enable better biosecurity standards and behaviors.