Publication Date
6-2017
Publisher
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
City
Perth
Abstract
In late April 2017, the Minister for Agriculture and Food (the Minister) requested advice from the Biosecurity Council of Western Australia (the Council) on the capability and capacity of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) for securing market access in a horticultural biosecurity incident. DAFWA’s response to the recent tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) incursion was to be the starting point for advising how agency capability can be improved for future biosecurity incidents.
An ‘Issues Statement’ was developed to provide a summary of the potential underpinning factors that may have contributed to the major loss of market access and inability to recover access in a timely way, during the TPP incident. This was used to inform in-depth interviews with industry and government stakeholders. The information gathered provided a strong foundation for the Council’s advice to government.
Number of Pages
5
Keywords
Western Australia, biosecurity, risks and threats, market access, biosecurity response
Disciplines
Biosecurity
Recommended Citation
Biosecurity Council of Western Australia.
(2017), Biosecurity and market access: An assessment of the capacity of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia to address plant industry market access issues during a biosecurity response - summary report by the Biosecurity Council of Western Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_publishedrpts/47
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