The numerous subjects on which research is to be carried out include: improvement of tropical crop production, integrated measures to control noxious animals and plants, new fishing methods, management of tropical forest ecosystems, appraisal and use of water resources, campaign against parasitological diseases (malaria, sleeping sickness, bilharzia, etc.), bacterial diseases (leprosy, tuberculosis, etc.) and viral diseases (haemorrhagio fevers, viral hepatitis, AIDS, etc.), environmental health, and so on/.
Les themes appeles a faire l'objet de recherches sont multiples : amelioration des especes vivrieres tropicales, techniques de lutte integree contre les ravageurs, nouveaux procedes de peche, gestion des ecosystemes forestiers tropicaux, evaluation et utilisation des ressources en eaux, lutte contre les maladies parasitaires (malaria, maladie du sommeil, bilharziose, ...), bacteriennes (lepre, tuberculose, ...) ou virales (fievres hemorragiques, hepatite virale, SIDA, ...) hygiene du milieu, etc.
