USDA seeking input on nursery pest management strategies

USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is offering webinars on May 26, June 2 and June 9 to discuss Section 10201 of the 2008 Farm Bill. APHIS is working to implement Section 10201 to prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and the environment. Under the Farm Bill, APHIS will provide funding to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification and threat mitigation, while working to safeguard the nursery production system.

The implementation plan is organized into 6 major goal areas:

* Enhance plant pest/disease analysis and survey.

* Target domestic inspection activities at vulnerable points in the safeguarding continuum.

* Enhance and strengthen pest identification and technology.

* Safeguard nursery production.

* Conduct outreach and education to increase public understanding, acceptance, and support of plant pest and disease eradication and control efforts.

* Enhance mitigation capabilities.

 

 

USDA-APHIS has scheduled 3 webinars to discuss the 2008 Farm Bill’s Section 10201 related to nursery pest and disease management strategies.