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Program Overview
Background and Long-Term Strategy
There are many players on the food integrity and biosecurity stage, however, the Food Integrity and Biosecurity (FIB) five-year plan has identified that there is a clear niche for RIRDC's program in the area of new and emerging industries, and peri-urban agriculture.
A number of serious, exotic pests have been identified in Australia in the last five years that threaten both Australia's agricultural industries (eg cane smut and citrus canker) and biodiversity (eg fire ants). There are many more potential pests and diseases that threaten our shores and that may become pests in the future. The FIB program will contribute to developing general surveillance strategies, and to countering issues specific to RIRDC industries, and to peri-urban agriculture.
Key long term strategies
The research objectives of the program are to:
- Enable Australian agricultural industries to optimise investment in surveillance for biosecurity and food integrity on and off farm
- Address the risks posed to agricultural industries and human health from peri-urban production, regional production and alternative distribution networks
- Develop biosecurity and food integrity management tools for RIRDC industries
- Assist RIRDC industries to meet national and international market demands by improving their ability to track and trace their products
- Extension and communication of research