EUPHRESCO is a project funded by the EU FP6 ERA-NET Scheme from 2006-2010

Over the last century, the rate of introduction and establishment of new, economically or environmentally damaging plant pests and diseases has increased steadily as a result of the expansion in global trade of plant material

Policy designed to protect European agriculture and environment from these exotic pest threats is determined at the EU level. However, the research that underpins this policy is undertaken primarily at the national level and there is little coordination of these programmes. Increased global trading and continued enlargement of the EU are likely to increase the risks from exotic plant pests and pathogens. Therefore, improved coordination and collaboration between national research programmes is essential to ensure effective support of EU policy and its implementation.

EUPHRESCO aims to increase cooperation and coordination of national phytosanitary (statutory plant health) research programmes at the EU level through networking of research activities and mutual opening of national programmes.