Reducing the threat of pest and disease migration
About this episode
The episode discusses the threats posed by migrating pests and diseases to UK agriculture and explores prevention and mitigation strategies.
New pests and diseases are threatening UK livestock, crops and forests. They're coming to the UK in the wind, with birds, on people and in imported soils. Why are these pests and diseases migrating? Can we prevent them from coming? And what do we need to do to mitigate the risks? ffinlo Costain is joined by Catherine Harries, Senior Crop Protection Scientist at AHDB - by Kate Palmer, the Technical and Industry Support Manager at Confor - and by Yoav Alony-Gilboa, livestock vet and director of Friars Moor Livestock Health.
Topics covered
- pest migration
Keywords
- pests
- diseases
- UK
- agriculture
- risk mitigation
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