1. A review of Producers’ Preparedness Activities The Four Phases of Plant Biosecurity Management

2. Agricultural producers must be engaged in numerous plant biosecurity activities... PreparednessResponse RecoveryMitigation

3. ... and work with numerous other individuals in every phase of the model. NPDN (Regional Diagnostic Network) State Government Other producers and local community groups AHPIS (Federal Government) Agricultural producers Extension Service, local government & businesses

4. Preparedness...... is any activity that helps an individual or organization to prepare for a timely and appropriate response to a potential hazard, accident, or terrorist event. Preparedness Response Recovery Mitigation

5. Key words to remember: prepare for a timely and appropriate response preparedness

6. Producers’ preparedness activities may include: Creating biosecurity management plan for own operation; encouraging others to develop plans Agronomic planning and mapping fields Simulation exercises to test response systems Establishing official notification procedures in the event a biosecurity problem is suspected Participating in educational seminars Encouraging media campaigns

7. References Schoelz, J. (2003, December). What can we learn from past and current epidemics of plants? Paper presented at the Missouri Summit on Agroterrorism. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Biosecurity Who is Responsible? Retrieved from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville: www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/spfiles/SP604.pdf Crop Biosecurity: Are We Prepared? (APSnet, 1999). Retrieved from the American Phytopatholgical Society http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/BioSecurity/ Top.html