Completed project
Review of the biosecurity plan for the sweetpotato industry (PW17000)
Publication date: December 4, 2018
Delivery Partner: Plant Health Australia
From 2018 to 2023, this five-year investment reviewed and updated the sweetpotato industry’s biosecurity plan. Available from the Plant Health Australia website here, the plan is a top-level document that identifies high-priority endemic and exotic pests, diseases and weeds, along with the risk mitigation activities required to reduce their biosecurity threat, plus surveillance and diagnostic activities. It provides a strategic framework for industry and government to work together to improve preparedness for and response to these potential threats.
To develop the plan, Plant Health Australia undertook the following activities:
The current sweetpotato biosecurity plan is available from the Plant Health Australia website.
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Sweetpotato Fund
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