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Dr. Jepson is a Professor in the College of Agricultural Science and the Director of the Integrated Plant Protection Center at Oregon State University. He received a Ph.D. in Applied Insect Ecology at Cambridge University. His research interests include the study of pest and natural enemy population dynamics in agricultural systems with a particular focus on pesticide management and side effects.
Dr. Jepson recently returned from fieldwork and noted, “Pesticide risks to human health and the environment in West Africa are the highest that have ever been documented. Unregistered pesticides are widely available and used throughout the Niger and Senegal river basins. Farming families are unable to discriminate the levels of risks posed by different pesticides and by different behaviors: risks are effectively unmanaged.”
More information on the Integrated Plant Protection Center (of which Dr. Jepson is the Director) can be found at http://www.ipmnet.org/index.htm
