Critical Issues on Plant Biosecurity for India
June 1, 2007| |
Upgrade quarantine facilities, strengthen risk analysis mechanisms, and develop pest database, standard operating procedures, and research prioritization – these are critical issues that India has to address to ensure biosecurity. This was forwarded by R. K. Khetarpal and Kavita Gupta in “Plant bisecurity in India- Status and strategy” published in the Asian Biotechnology and Development Review. Biosecurity encompasses the policy and regulatory framework to analyze and manage risks in the sectors of plant life and health, and related environmental concerns.
The authors from the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources in New Delhi add that there is a need for India to develop a national biosecurity policy and a strategy for “effective convergence of related activities of all stakeholder departments and ministries.” They present a scenario for a comprehensive strategy using a holistic approach to ensure biosecurity that “seeks to use the synergies of various existing sectors without necessarily creating new structures.”
Read the article in the Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol. 9, No. 2 issue or email R.K. Khetarpal at rkk94rk@yahoo.com.
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