What is the goal of the Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative (2005)?

• A. To protect the nation's food supply from terrorist threats
• B. To promote agricultural exports
• C. To reduce pesticide residues
• D. To increase farm subsidies

Answer: (A)

The central idea here is safeguarding the food system through coordinated, cross-sector partnerships. The SPPA Initiative, launched in 2005, was designed to build strong collaborations among federal, state and local agencies, industry, and academia to prevent, detect, and respond to agroterrorism threats to crops, livestock, and the food supply. That focus on protecting the nation's food supply from deliberate harm is what makes this goal the correct one. The other options—promoting agricultural exports, reducing pesticide residues, or increasing farm subsidies—address economic or regulatory aims that aren’t about preventing or mitigating terrorist threats to agriculture and food security.