Document submitted December 5, 2017, as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Science, Space, andTechnology Committee, Subcommittee on Research and Technology on November 2, 2017.
The United States has made progress in developing systems to safeguard the nation's agriculture. But threats persist because of socioeconomic, environmental, and ecological factors.
The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of a set of measures identified by EFSA to promote trust and confidence in EFSA's risk assessment process.
Street vendors in Kampala, Uganda, would benefit from infrastructure development, food safety standards, rules of hygiene, and greater focus on healthy products. The city's growing population also would benefit from increased access to nutritious and affordable foods.
The results of a series of cooking contests in Uganda to promote the use of drought-tolerant, nutritious traditional grains—millet and sorghum—signal that a new food trend may be on the horizon.
Scarcity of food, energy, and water endangers the lives of millions. So RAND created a tool with the potential to help make aid initiatives more effective.
To provide information to agencies and efforts focused on food, water, and energy resources, the RAND Corporation developed the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index. This report serves as the technical documentation for the index.
How can social media provide perspective on how the Chinese public feels about domestic political issues, such as the environment, food safety, and local versus national government?
Assesses the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack
The U.S. agriculture sector and the food industry in general have received little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. How are livestock and produce vulnerable? What would the consequences of an agroterrorism attack be?
Reviews a December 2002 RAND workshop on challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration faces, particularly in its potential responses to increased national and homeland security needs for drugs and vaccines.
Associate Policy Researcher, RAND; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A in international affairs/business, New York University; B.Sc. in biology, Tel Aviv University
By Bruce Don and David Mussington Bruce Don is the RAND Study Director for the Office of Homeland Security's physical protection planning team. David Mussington is a RAND policy analyst. O ne of the defining tasks of the Office of Homeland Security is to develop a truly national strategy for homeland ...
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