A gathering place for everyone who lived the IITA Biological Control Programme — staff, spouses, kids who grew up on station, national-programme friends — and a folklore archive of the messy, funny, affectionate stories that never made the annual report.
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2026 · Aargau, Switzerland
Well, first of all, if anyone reading this is under 30 — well, that’s somewhat of a bummer of a homework assignment or you are being punished. Anyway, back when I was young (and I’m like a generation below most on here) we didn’t have emoji
1993 · Cotonou
Hello. Me and Fritz Schulthess. 1993. Cotonou. No. I said Cotonou Benin. Cotonou. Well, so, basically, Fritz flew to to Cotonou, and it was his first time in Africa, and he knew nothing. And being a typical Swiss or whatever, he liked to dr
1993 · Kalovi in Cotonou
Okay. Yeah. I do. Yeah. My brother, Jeremy Hearn. No. It so this happened in, like, 1993. We were in Kalawi in Kotunu driving motorcycles Driving motorcycles. We were driving motorcycles. It was fun. That's the end.
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