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SUMMARY:Coffee Break Seminar: 'Frank and honest'? The politics of internat
 ional plant pest reporting\, 1952–1994 - Erinn Campbell\, PhD Student\, 
 Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambr
 idge Prof John Carr\, Dept of Plant Sciences\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Abigail Youngman
DESCRIPTION:A short presentation by Erinn Campbell\, PhD Student\, Departm
 ent of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge\, 
 entitled 'Frank and honest'? The politics of international plant pest repo
 rting\, 1952–1994 followed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker. \n\
 nChair: Prof John Carr\, Dept of Plant Sciences\, University of Cambridge\
 n\nCoffee Break Seminars are a relaxed learning and discussion forum for o
 ur food security community that take place every Friday in person and onli
 ne during term time at 2pm\, UK time. \n\n \n\nIn-person: Weston Seminar R
 oom (2.49)\, David Attenborough Building\n\nOn-line: Please mail coordinat
 or@globalfood.cam.ac.uk for the Teams link to join the meeting.\n\n \n\nAb
 stract:\n\nFrom 1952 to 1994\, the Food and Agriculture Organization of th
 e United Nations (FAO) published the FAO Plant Protection Bulletin as an 
 ‘official’ outlet for reporting outbreaks of plant pests and pathogens
 . Like other scientific serials\, the Bulletin served not only as an infor
 mational service but also as a site for developing a scientific community
 —in this case\, a global community of plant protection researchers. By p
 romptly reporting outbreaks\, these experts declared their commitment to t
 ransparency\, interdisciplinarity\, and transnational cooperation in the n
 ame of global food security. This\, however\, came at a cost: reports of s
 erious new pests could prompt a nation's trading partners to quarantine or
  ban its exports. I will explore how plant protection researchers navigate
 d this tension\, balancing their own professional priorities with their na
 tion's economic and political interests. \n\n"https://www.globalfood.cam.a
 c.uk/events/coffee-break-seminar-frank-and-honest-politics-international-p
 lant-pest-reporting-1952-1994"
LOCATION:Weston Seminar Room (2.49)\, David Attenborough Building and on-l
 ine
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