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Buck, Frank H.

Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity

Buck, Frank H. - Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology and Economics for Biosecurity, ebook

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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.

Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General TEC003000

Author(s)
 
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2007
Language
en
Edition
1
Categories
Gardening, Agriculture, Forestry
 
Technology, Energy, Traffic
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9780470289983
Printed ISBN
9780813819662

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