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Agroterrorism: What Is the Threat and What Can Be Done About It?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chalk, Peter |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, potential vulnerabilities in the nation’s critical infrastructure have come under increasing scrutiny. However, compared with the attention focused on such vital “nodes” as transportation and telecommunications, relatively little consideration has been paid to threats to the agriculture and food industries. A study by RAND researcher Peter Chalk focuses attention on the issue of agroterrorism—the deliberate introduction of a disease agent, either against livestock or into the food chain, to undermine socioeconomic stability and/or generate fear. He lays out the consequences of such an attack, examines key weaknesses inherent in the agricultural sector and the food chain, assesses the capabilities needed to exploit those vulnerabilities, and discusses potential ways to improve agricultural emergency response and management. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7249/rb7565 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/2005/RB7565.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/2005/RB7565.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7249/rb7565 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
