The activity, initiated by Brazil's national agricultural research enterprise (EMBRAPA) and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), is known as LABEX, or "EMBRAPA Laboratory Abroad," and aims to "facilitate and motivate agricultural researchers" to engage in mutually beneficial scientific cooperation. October 2002, Issue no. 106 ISSN: 1523-7893 © Copyright 2005 IPMnet NEWS Identify pests, as well as possible biocontrol organisms.