Journal Article

A global surveillance system for crop diseases

University of East Anglia [Norwich] (UEA), Legg, J. P, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-Tanzania) ; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [Nigeria] (IITA) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International UK (CABI UK), Garrett, K. A, The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) [Cali] ; Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) [Rome] (Alliance) ; Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), GRO Intelligence, 505 Park Ave 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA, University of Twente, Verdier, Valérie, Gullino, M, European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization - Organisation Européenne et Méditerranéenne p

2019

Overview

To satisfy a growing demand for food, global agricultural production must increase by 70% by 2050. However, pests and crop diseases put global food supplies at risk. Worldwide, yield losses caused by pests and diseases are estimated to average 21.5% in wheat, 30.0% in rice, 22.6% in maize, 17.2% in potato, and 21.4% in soybean (1); these crops account for half of the global human calorie intake (2). Climate change and global trade drive the distribution, host range, and impact of plant diseases (3), many of which can spread or reemerge after having been under control (4). Though many national and regional plant protection organizations (NPPOs and RPPOs) work to monitor and contain crop disease outbreaks, many countries, particularly low-income countries (LICs), do not efficiently exchange information, delaying coordinated responses to prevent disease establishment and spread. To improve responses to unexpected crop disease spread, we propose a Global Surveillance System (GSS) that will extend and adapt established biosecurity practices and networking facilities into LICs, enabling countries and regions to quickly respond to emerging disease outbreaks to stabilize food supplies, enhancing global food protection.

• Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),CCSD,American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subject: Agricultural production / Biosecurity / Climate change / Crop diseases / Crops / Crops, Agricultural - microbiology / Crops, Agricultural - parasitology / Disease spread / Environmental Sciences / Epidemics / Epidemiological Monitoring / Food / Food Supply / Host range / International trade / Low income areas / Outbreaks / Pests / Plant diseases / Plant Diseases - microbiology / Plant Diseases - parasitology / Plant Diseases - prevention & control / Plant protection / POLICY FORUM / Potatoes / Soybeans / Surveillance / Wheat