Projects
PRATIQUE
project name: Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques
initiating country: The European Union
Framework Programme: FP7 programme area: KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology contract type: CP-FP – Collaborative Focused Research Project
contract/proposal/call number: 212459
status: active
start date: March 2008 duration: 39 months projected finish date: June 2011
Project Budget
total budget: € 4,131,556
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level. Further details about the partners in this project can be found at the website listed below.
| name | organisation | state or country |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Paul De Barro | CRCNPB | QLD, Australia |
| Dr Christina Steveni | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | United Kingdom |
Further information
WWW: secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/pratique
summary:
The expansion in the global trade of plant material over the last century has led to a steady increase in the rate of entry and establishment of new, economically or environmentally damaging plant pests, diseases and invasive alien species. The threat is likely to further increase as a result of climate change and EU expansion. Recent examples of serious alien pests and diseases that have been introduced include the pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) and the maize pest, western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).
The purpose of PRATIQUE is to address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in (a) predicting the entry and establishment of new plant pests, diseases and invasive alien species in the EU, (b) estimating potential economic, environmental and social impacts and (c) preventing eradicating, containing and controlling invasions. This will be achieved through improvements to the functionality and user-friendliness of the current EPPO-PRA decision support scheme and a new decision support scheme to combat pest outbreaks.
The project brings together pest risk analysts, phytosanitary experts, invasive alien species specialists, ecologists, economists and risk modellers from eleven leading institutes from across the EU, two international organisations, one institute from Australia and one institute from New Zealand. They will produce the first structured inventory of PRA datasets for the EU and undertake targeted research to improve existing procedures and develop new methods for:
the assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts,
summarising risk in effective, harmonised ways that take account of uncertainty,
mapping endangered areas
pathway risk analysis and systems approaches and
guiding actions during emergencies caused by outbreaks of harmful pests.
The results of the project will be tested with a representative range of the major pests and invasive alien species affecting the cultivated and uncultivated habitats of the EU and will be independently validated by phytosanitary experts. The deliverables will be provided as protocols, decision support systems and computer programs with examples of best practice made available to pest risk analysts through modules and direct links to the PRA scheme hosted by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO).
Source: Consortium website
PRATIQUE (Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques) will carry out all the key work listed in the call and address the major challenges for pest risk analysis (PRA) in Europe. This will be achieved through three principal objectives: to assemble the datasets required to construct effective PRAs valid for the whole of the EU, to conduct multi-disciplinary research that enhances the techniques used in PRA and to ensure that the PRA decision support scheme meets its purpose, is efficient and user-friendly.
Pest risk analysts, phytosanitary experts, invasive alien species specialists, ecologists, economists and risk modellers from 13 leading institutes in the EU, one from Australia and one from New Zealand will produce the first structured inventory of PRA datasets for the EU and undertake targeted research to improve existing procedures and develop new methods for
- the assessment of economic, environmental and social impacts,
- summarising risk in effective, harmonised ways that take account of uncertainty,
- mapping endangered areas
- pathway risk analysis and systems approaches and
- guiding actions during emergencies caused by outbreaks of harmful pests.
Participants
BOTANICKY USTAV AVCR CZECH REPUBLIC
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA ITALY
PLANT PROTECTION INSTITUTE BULGARIA
JULIUS KUHN INSTITUT BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR KULTURPFLANZEN GERMANY
EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANISATION FRANCE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR NATIONAL PLANT BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY NEW ZEALAND
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT NETHERLANDS
LANDBOUW-ECONOMISCH INSTITUUT B.V. NETHERLANDS
CAB INTERNATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM
CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT FRANCE
UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG SWITZERLAND
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE UNITED KINGDOM
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) FRANCE
Source: Cordis
The coordinator is the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs trading through Central Science Laboratory (CSL) Contact at CSL listed in DG-RTD info as Richard Baker r.baker@csl.gov.uk +44(0)1904462220
