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The scientific information and library service, and publications of the Centre for Overseas Pest Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Ann Lumley
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The Centre for Overseas Pest Research (COPR) exists to help overseas territories, particularly the developing countries, solve pest problems in the field of agriculture and public health. It concentrates on pest species which are of international or regional significance either because they migrate between countries, for example, locusts and weaver birds (Quelea), or because they are widespread and endemic, for example, termites and mosquitoes. COPR undertake laboratory research and overseas field investigations into the biology, ecology and pest status of pre-harvest pests of agriculture and certain public health pests. It is also concerned with the development and application of modern pest control techniques, as well as the long-term environmental effects of the use of pesticides in the tropics. It is a new organization in name only, since it has the experience and knowledge gained from over 30 years of pest research and control in overseas territories, as it was formed in June 1971 from already existing scientific units of the British Government's Overseas Development Administration.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 2 , 1973 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © International African Institute 1973

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