Current Trends in Agroterrorism (Antilivestock, Anticrop, and Antisoil Bioagricultural Terrorism) and Their Potential Impact on Food Security

The relatively indirect and indiscriminate nature of an agroterror attack meshes perfectly with the perceived shift in terrorism goals, which have ostensibly veered away from attempting to achieve specific political results and instead increasingly seek the destruction of "enemy" societies. This article presents the case specifically that access to agroterroritst weapons, the vulnerability of the agricultural infrastructure, the lack of reporting requirements for outbreaks of plant diseases, and a general shift in the motives of terrorists and the purpose of terrorist acts, all combine to make agroterrorism an increasingly likely threat.