Biosecurity cooperation and pest and disease management
Livestock biosecurity
Definition of the economic and social cost of livestock diseases and establishment of effective disease surveillance and control policies and systems, particularly in lowinput systems
Detection and management of risks of disease transfer with movement of livestock
Improved understanding of avian influenza virus behaviour in ducks and village and commercial poultry, with and without vaccination
Establishment of the importance of zoonotic diseases, including rabies, anthrax, Japanese encephalitis and cysticercosis
Crop and forestry biosecurity
Introduction of technical and policy requirements for the establishment of pest-free or low-pest areas
Capacity development in quarantine and disinfestation of plant products
Improved management of major pests and diseases of bananas
Pest and disease management for plantation forests
