Strengthening plant health: addressing emerging plant pest risks

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• improved understanding of key drivers of plant pest emergence, including the influence of climate change, ecosystem degradation and globalisation;
• cost-effective and environmentally friendly preventive and/or curative measures for managing the targeted plant pest(s) are identified, validated, and made available to farmers and forest owners for effective pest management;
• robust scientific support is delivered to strengthen decision-making processes.