From the Food Security Forum 2014: Good food, good health: delivering the benefits of food security in Australia and beyond - 17 March 2014

1. Doing Well by Doing Good
Helen Scott-Orr
Lester W. Burgess
The Crawford Fund

2. The Crawford Fund Philosophy
• Agricultural capacity building and research are
key factors in alleviating rural poverty and
fostering economic progress.
• The Fund promotes and supports international
programs designed to achieve these outcomes

3. Public Awareness Programs
• Annual Parliamentary Conference
• Key reports commissioned
• Crawford Fund Awards, Fellowships, Medals
• Selected conference support
• Media relations - http://www.crawfordfund.org

4. Capacity Building Activities
• Workshops In-Country
• Master Classes In-Country or In-Australia
• Individual training in Australia
• Mentoring at all levels – a continuing program
• Long-term capacity building through partnerships with
ACIAR, Australian Volunteers for International
Development, NGO’S, and Australian companies

5. Cattle/Buffalo Workshop Lao PDR

6. Doing Well by Doing Good
• Agricultural aid brings mutual benefits
• Increasing small-holder productivity reduces
rural poverty
• Increasing productivity enhances education,
health and trade prospects

7. Doing Well by Doing Good
Key Benefits for Australian Agriculture:
• Learning opportunities for Australian researchers,
farmers, volunteers – expanding horizons
• Investment and trade opportunities
• Access to wider genetic diversity in crops and livestock
• Enhancing biosecurity through pre-border research on
exotic diseases

8. Why should we enhance border
security?

9. Foot and Mouth Disease preparedness
in Indonesia
FMD is highly infectious, causes
massive losses in cattle, sheep and
pigs.
FMD freedom underpins market
access for Australia’s $19 Bill.
livestock industries.
Indonesia eradicated FMD in the
1980s with Australian help.
Menaced by possible re-
introduction from other Asian
countries.
Development of a comprehensive
Indovetplan is underway.
Study tours and leadership
training for government vets build
capability.
NSW Crawford Fund Parliamentary Forum March 2014
FMD virus pools distribution, 2010-13
Simulation exercises build local awareness

10. Anthrax in Indonesia’s
Eastern Islands
Anthrax outbreaks cause livestock
and human deaths. Spores stay in
the ground for >100 years. Annual
vaccination of livestock is needed.
NSW Crawford Fund Parliamentary Forum March 2014
Lombok Sumbawa Flores
Sumba
West Timor
7 vets did Masters on risk factors
and control strategies for anthrax.
3 Indonesian vets learnt safer anthrax
diagnostic methods at NSW DPI’s Camden
veterinary lab, becoming trainers back home
to phase out dangerous culture.
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11. Why should we enhance border
security?
• Australia remains free of a wide range of
devastating crop diseases
• Such diseases contribute to the estimated
20 - 40% loss in yield of horticultural
crops in many developing nations
• Some examples…

12. Huanglongbing in Citrus
(Chinese: 黃龍病 – Yellow Dragon Disease)

15. Mal Secco in Citrus - Israel

16. Citrus Canker

17. Grapevine Leaf Rust

18. Grapevine Leaf Rust

19. Bean Rust in Lao PDR – Exotic?

20. White Leaf in Sugarcane

21. Conclusions
• Diagnostic studies overseas are critical to
strengthening Australia’s biosecurity and
• Are an integral aspect of capacity building in
disease diagnostics and management In-
Country
• Contribute to strengthening quarantine barriers
In-country – a sadly neglected area

22. Challenges
• There is need for increased surveillance of
imported plant material in Australia for
symptomless infection
• The decline in routine crop surveillance and
diagnostic capacity in Australia is of grave
concern
• Our capacity to provide training overseas is
being seriously diminished