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• Outside of subsistence farming, regional trade is key pathway to food security in Africa – poor biosecurity control capacity significant obstacle to trade Australian world-class plant biosec skills sought by African ag ministers to enhance skills of plant protection officials ACIAR contracted CRC to implement a 2 year, $1.4m – Aus/Africa Plant Biosecurity Partnership Program (with CABI, Crawford Fund) Activities include: placement of fellows in Aus biosec agencies; workshops on specific plant biosec themes in Africa; trade negotiation skills; pest/disease action planning Impacts include: building of strong relationships 1 Africa Australia Plant Biosecurity Capacity Building Program
