Plant Pest Risk Analysis: Concepts And Application

Description: This text provides instruction on the concepts and application of risk analysis in the field of regulatory plant protection, covering topics such as the background on why and how risk analysis is conducted and specific methods for implementing risk analysis. This book also provides useful exercises and case studies to aid students of plant pathology and crop protection in their absorption of the subject. Equally useful for practitioners, this book is written by experts with a wealth of national and international experience. Students of plant pathology and crop protection as well as practitioners and professional courses on pest risk analysis.

Review: "This work endeavors to educate readers on the theory, framework, language, applications, methods, and uncertainties involved in pest risk analysis, and in communicating that risk to stakeholders. The book's 20 chapters, largely written by eight authors from the US Department of Agriculture, focus on the fundamental role science plays in the complex workings of GATT and the interface with the economics and politics that permeate these matters. The scientists are primarily empowered to identify what is known about pest risk and then, by informing other stakeholders/decision makers in this process, take actions on a case-by-case basis. The authors contend that the pest risk analysis has become a sufficiently complex process to now be recognized as an emerging field of study. This book will help students prepare to enter the field and professionals to teach and practice their science in this rapidly evolving era. Summing Up: Recommended."

Contents: PART I - Overview of Risk Analysis; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Concepts; 3. Historical Context; 4. International Legal & Regulatory Framework; PART II - Pest Risk Analysis Concepts; 5. Information and Terminology in Pest Risk Analysis - PRA; 6. Applications of PRA; 7. Qualitative & Quantitative Methods; PART III - Components of Pest Risk Analysis; 8. Risk Assessment; 9. Risk Management; 10. Uncertainty; 11. Risk Communication; PART IV - Special Topics; 12. Special Topics - invasive species, precautionary principle, ALOP, LMOs; Appendix 1: PRA Toolbox and Building a PRA Library, Resources for Risk Analysis; Appendix 2: PRA-related jurisprudence in the WTO.