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Integrating natural and social science perspectives on plant disease risk, management and policy formulation

Mills, Peter; Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina; Ilbery, Brian; Jeger, Mike; Jones, Glyn; Little, Ruth; MacLeod, Alan; Parker, Steve; Pautasso, Marco; Pietravalle, Stephane; Maye, Damian

Authors

Peter Mills

Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz

Brian Ilbery

Mike Jeger

Glyn Jones

Ruth Little

Alan MacLeod

Steve Parker

Marco Pautasso

Stephane Pietravalle

Damian Maye



Abstract

Plant diseases threaten both food security and the botanical diversity of natural ecosystems. Substantial research effort is focused on pathogen detection and control, with detailed risk management available for many plant diseases. Risk can be assessed using analytical techniques that account for disease pressure both spatially and temporally. We suggest that such technical assessments of disease risk may not provide an adequate guide to the strategies undertaken by growers and government to manage plant disease. Instead, risk-management strategies need to account more fully for intuitive and normative responses that act to balance conflicting interests between stakeholder organizations concerned with plant diseases within the managed and natural environments. Modes of effective engagement between policy makers and stakeholders are explored in the paper, together with an assessment of such engagement in two case studies of contemporary non-indigenous diseases in one food and in one non-food sector. Finally, a model is proposed for greater integration of stakeholders in policy decisions. © 2011 The Royal Society.

Citation

Mills, P., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Ilbery, B., Jeger, M., Jones, G., Little, R., …Maye, D. (2011). Integrating natural and social science perspectives on plant disease risk, management and policy formulation. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 366(1573), 2035-2044. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0411

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2011
Journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Print ISSN 0962-8436
Electronic ISSN 1471-2970
Publisher Royal Society, The
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 366
Issue 1573
Pages 2035-2044
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0411
Keywords Dickeya, Phytophthora, policy formulation, risk governance, stakeholder engagement
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/960992
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0411

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