Exotic pests and diseases have long been an important concern in agriculture. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent and complex because agricultural trade has been liberalized worldwide, and as a consequence, the probability of spreading a disease or a pest through national borders has become a real threat, not only for the agricultural industry but also for human health and the natural environment.
This edited volume's list of international contributors reads like a Who's Who of international agricultural research! This book includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that focus on specific pests or diseases that represent a range of threats to U.S. agriculture, wild lands and the urban landscape, and possible government responses to these threats. Each chapter combines, in an original fashion, biological foundations and implications for the public, giving powerful insights to a series of public policy issues of national and international relevance. In many instances, economic analysis of alternative policies is included.
Exotic pest control is discussed in a public good general framework, and under the international regulatory laws comprised by the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol of the WTO.
Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity grew out of a large interdisciplinary project at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. It includes ten interdisciplinary case studies that represent a range of pest and disease threats to U.S. agriculture, wildlands, and the urban landscape. Possible government responses to these threats are described. Each chapter combines biological foundations and implications for the public good, providing powerful insights on a series of public policy issues of national and international importance.
Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity will educate students, practitioners, and academics in the field of economics, verterinary medicine, plant pathology, entomology, and agriculture, as well as policy makers, state and federal regulators, government officials, and others with an interest in pest and disease management.
