BIOSECURITY AND THE DRIED FRUITS INDUSTRY

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1 BIOSECURITY AND THE DRIED FRUITS INDUSTRY 2018 DFA Annual Conference Susanna Driessen General Manager Emergency Preparedness and Response Plant Health Australia 7 November 2018

2 Presentation overview Australia s biosecurity system Plant Health Australia Current global threats Preparedness activities nationally On farm biosecurity benefits The Deed Partnerships in emergency responses

3 Australia s Biosecurity System

4 Biosecurity in Australia Biosecurity is the protection of farms, industries and the natural environment that could be harmed from the entry and establishment of exotic pests Product management Equipment and vehicles Livestock and animals People movement Good biosecurity measures: Reduce the impact of exotic pest threats and endemics Provide real trade benefits Reduce potential pest management costs

5 Increasing risks and challenges Changing landscape and primary production practices and business structures (peri-urban/urban production, northern Australia development) Financial constraints do more with less where to invest? Globalisation tourism and trade

6 Many pathways people and freight.. Air traffic over Australia 4 pm Wed Marine traffic 4 pm Wed

7 Data from Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics

8 National plant biosecurity Protection from risks posed by pests through exclusion, eradication and control Pre-Border Identifying exotic pest threats Managing quarantine risks offshore, inspections Undertaking offshore research and development where pests are endemic Australian Government Border Implementing effective quarantine for people, machinery, plants, and goods Establishing trapping and surveillance Inspections and treatments Post entry plant quarantine Networks for pests that may bypass checkpoints Australian Government Post-Border Preparing for timely detection, minimised spread and rapid response to emergency pests Domestic quarantine and market access Surveillance and Awareness Farm biosecurity Australian Government, PHA, State governments and industry Achieved through effective partnerships between industry, government and the community

9 Zero risk? Appropriate level of protection (ALOP) is very low but not zero Risk mitigation and management strategies needed at all levels Substantial benefits from partnerships

10 Plant Health Australia

11 Plant Health Australia Formed April 2000 recommendation from the Nairn Review of Quarantine Not for profit, public company limited by guarantee Member based, focused on plant biosecurity The purpose of PHA is to coordinate strong industry and government partnerships that minimise plant pest impacts on Australia, boosting industry productivity and profitability and enhancing market access.

12 PHA members Australian Government Industry State/territory government Associate

13 Our actions and outcomes Work with members to build partnerships Provide national coordination to improve biosecurity across Australia s plant industries and capacity to respond to plant pest emergencies Custodians of the Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed

14 Preparing to respond if needed

15 Current global threats facing viticulture

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17 Xylella Pierce s Disease Xylella is Australia s number 1 most (National Plant Pest Priority list) Wide host range (563 plant species); several strains Causes scorch symptoms and cannot treated once plant is infected Xylella coordinator based in Wine Australia, funded through Hort Innovation through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative Video at

18 Xylella a global issue Economic impacts Pierce s disease costs California $US104 million per year (average of $53m per year in vine death alone) In Brazil and Argentina, 3 major citrus regions had 44-63% of commercial trees devastated in 2005 Plum leaf scorch caused the loss of entire orchards in Brazil and Paraguay within several years after the disease first appeared More than 1 million ancient olive trees have died in Italy The cost of olive oil has increased by 20% across the EU Social Impacts Loss of livelihoods for farmers, and regional identity Death of ornamental and amenity trees susceptible to the bacterium

19 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Emerging threat to Australia Very wide host range Causes discolouration, berry shrivelling and can cause bunches to abort Significant nuisance pest Difficult to manage using insecticides

20 BMSB interceptions Number of incidents per year Unknown United States USA and/or Europe # Belgium* France Italy Singapore* Malaysia* Japan China Overwintering season (September - September) Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources 2017, Draft pest risk analysis for brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys). CC BY 3.0

21 Preparedness activities and on farm biosecurity

22 Managing biosecurity risks Understand the risks Early detection and notification Diagnostics available Response mechanism in place. Biosecurity Plans Orchard manuals / on farm biosecurity in place Contingency plans for high priority pests Surveillance strategies in place Diagnostics available.. Signatory to the EPPRD Trained individuals Funding arrangements in place..

23 Biosecurity Planning Outline risk mitigation activities in the industry Documents roles and responsibilities of stakeholder groups Identified key threats to the industry Risk assessments to identify high priority pest threats

24 Development of the National Temperate Fruit Biosecurity Surveillance Strategy (NTFBSS) Project funded by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources through the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper The project will: Identify high priority pests and review timing and types of surveillance for temperate fruit crops across different regions Develop a strategy and consult with stakeholders to facilitate its adoption Conduct a surveillance pilot in the Sunraysia (+ one other region) Develop an Implementation Plan to support the strategy Propose a future funding and governance model for establishment of a National Temperate Fruit Surveillance Program

25 Benefits of a coordinated approach to surveillance Types of production and/or crops grown by same growers Types of surveillance/crop monitoring Use of crop scouts Major regions of production Range/types of pests High priority pests affect multiple industries e.g. Brown marmorated stink bug (Apple and Pear, Cherry, [Table grape]) Xylella (all) Spotted wing drosophila (Apple and Pear, Summerfruit, Cherry, Table grape) Plum pox (Summerfruit, Cherry) Fruit fly species

26 Practical on farm biosecurity

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28 What can you do for your farm? Planning Farm biosecurity videos Go to farmbiosecurity.com.au Focus on the 6 biosecurity essentials People, vehicles and equipment Farm inputs Farm outputs Production practices Ferals and weeds Train, plan and record Product management People movement Equipment & vehicles

29 Implementing on farm biosecurity

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31 Reporting Most states and territories require all members of the public to report suspect Emergency Plant Pests

32 The Deeds - Partnerships in emergency responses

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34 Emergency response agreements EPPRD (2005) GIA (2014) NEBRA (2011) EADRA (2002) Joint decision making post border Readiness and Response

35 What is the EPPRD Mechanism to facilitate rapid responses to Emergency Plant Pests detected post border Is a partnership model (first of its kind in the world for plants) An agreed mechanism for decision making and investment Signed by all governments and 37 Industry Parties ATGA is a signatory since 8 March 2018

36 Benefits of the EPPRD Shared role in decision making signatories have a say Equitable sharing of costs (public vs. private benefits) Potential liabilities are known in advance Reimbursement to growers for crop destruction or direct loss of profits under an approved Response Plan

37 Nationally consistent and agreed approach to incursion management Government agreement to underwrite industry liabilities Trained and accredited personnel to work on response Commitment to risk mitigation

38 EPPRD Parties Australian Government Industry State/territory government PHA

39 Key aspects for industry Shared role in decision making Shared role in investing in response activities based on public vs. private benefits of eradication Reimbursement to growers for crop losses under an approved Response Plan known as Owner Reimbursement Costs Government agreement to underwrite industry liabilities Trained and accredited personnel to work on response Commitment to risk mitigation

40 Owner Reimbursement Costs Reimbursement to owners under the EPPRD To encourage growers to report suspect pests Commercial producers represented by an EPPRD signatory Reimbursement for losses due to the implementation of an approved Response Plan

41 EPPR levy - mechanism for Industry Parties to meet investment needs When an incursion response happens, industry and government will need to raise funds to invest in the response Where an Industry Party cannot meet its obligations initiallyu, the Commonwealth will underwrite Repay within a reasonable period (less than 10 years) Statutory levy arrangement - Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levy, PHA levy, or voluntary means Majority Industry Parties set a zero % EPPR levy initially though others have increased it to fund preparedness activities related to biosecurity and EPPS.

42 Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT)

43 Websites of interest planthealthaustralia.com.au farmbiosecurity.com.au biosecurityportal.org.au beeaware.org.au

44 QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW-UP General information planthealthaustralia.com.au EPPRD (02)