The Crawford Fund Annual Conference: Food & Nutrition Security – The Biosecurity, Health, Trade Nexus | Canberra ACT

Even outside of such extreme circumstances as the current pandemic, the vast increase in and growing complexity of international trade, travel, tourism and density of development have placed ever growing challenges on maintaining plant and animal biosecurity, halting the rapid spread of infectious diseases and strengthening the protection of biodiversity. The Crawford Fund’s annual conference in 2021 will explore the specific risks to plant, animal, and human health, how these factors are putting global food and nutrition security in peril, and the emerging technological and management solutions to overcome these threats.