Handbook of Phytosanitary Risk Management: Theory and Practice

Phytosanitary risk management is essential to the global economy as well as the world’s ability to feed itself. This book is about managing phytosanitary risks of trade and non-trade issues and the fundamentals of how to manage those risks in an effective and efficient manner. Its purpose is to provide the global phytosanitary community and its principal stakeholders with an essential guide to best practice. Starting with the essential background material necessary for understanding risk management, this book then covers a risk management model with a detailed description of the structure and processes necessary for best practice risk management in the global economy, an in-depth look at phytosanitary measures with a laser like focus on the relevant risk management issues, and contains a final section devoted to an examination of the most compelling risk management issues of the day. This book is: – a comprehensive exposition of phytosanitary risk management – valuable both to the experienced risk manager and to those getting started in the field – written by a team of experts with extensive professional phytosanitary work experience and knowledge of plant health. Written for professionals, practitioners and policy makers who work in international trade of plants and plant products and allied fields, this book provides the global phytosanitary community and its principal stakeholders with a practical guide to best risk management practices.