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Agrosecurity

The threat to agricultural security can come in many forms: natural, accidental and intentional. Agriculture and its related industries are certainly susceptible to sabotage from terrorists, disgruntled employees or others intent on doing harm through the nation's food supply. But just as deadly are losses due to natural disasters and accidents. A well educated industry, employees and emergency response teams can minimize the threat and the damage.

The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has taken on a major role in training throughout the state on agrosecurity issues. Other related activities include an international web network to identify invasive species, education of a largely Hispanic workforce in the Green Industry, cutting the incidence of salmonella and fighting insect pests in urban settings.

Impact Statements

Review these reports on agrosecurity issues from CAES faculty in research, teaching and Extension. For more reports, visit the searchable database.

2013 Reports

• Planning for Disaster Response

2012 Reports

• Crisis Communication Training
• Nutrition Education

2011 Reports

• Disaster Preparedness
• Food Defense
• Improve seed health testing
• Bugwood Image Database

2010 Reports

• Human Emotions Study
• Improving access to information
• The Midgut Endocrine System
• Diagnosing plant diseases
• Food and Agricultural Defense

2009 Reports

• Food Emergency Response Plan
• Animal Disaster Plan
• Depopulating small poultry flocks

2008 Reports

• Enhancing Georgia
• Food Handlers Learn to ServSafe®
• Seed health testing

2007 Reports

• Local Emergency Planning
• Agrosecurity Training for Poultry Producers
• Agrosecurity Certificate Program

Georgia FACES Articles

Here's just a sample of agrosecurity issues in the news generated by the college. For the latest news, visit Georgia FACES.

• Exporting products topic of International Agribusiness Conference
  September 25, 2013 - Farmers and businesses across the Southeast should be exporting more of their products, says a University of Georgia expert.
• Governor to speak at inaugural agribusiness conference in Savannah
  September 12, 2013 - Gov. Nathan Deal will address the importance of international trade to the economic well-being of the state at the inaugural International Agribusiness Conference and Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 25-26, at 3:30 p.m
• International Conference to enlighten farmers, businesses about exporting products
  July 18, 2013 - While the Port of Savannah is already No. 2 in the nation for export tons, the Georgia Ports Authority hopes to double its capacity within the next decade. That’s good news for Georgia farmers.
• UGA trained Agribusiness Development Team deploys to Afghanistan
  January 7, 2013 - The Georgia National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team III left Georgia this week for Indiana, on their way to a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
• Gabon and Georgia strike a deal to foster agricultural development
  November 28, 2012 - The government of Gabon has tapped Georgia’s agricultural experts to help the central African nation develop a more self-sufficient agricultural system.
• Georgia Guardsmen return to UGA to present base flag
  June 4, 2012 - The Georgia National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team I will be on the University of Georgia campus June 11 at 2 p.m. to present the faculty of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences with a UGA flag that was flown over their base in Logar Province in Afghanistan.
• The new agrarian economy
  April 20, 2011 - A report this week from the Foreign Agricultural Service and the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council shows U.S. poultry meat exports in February increased by 15 percent in quantity and nearly 18 percent in value over the same month last year. This signals an improvement in the world economy, but also shows the value of our ports and agriculture’s driving force to improve our economic situation.
• Bananas breaking barriers in Georgia
  December 16, 2010 - When most people think of bananas hanging from a branch, they picture tropical places. A University of Georgia researcher wants them to start associating Georgia with the popular fruit, and he’s found a new variety to help do that.

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