USDA, China sign biofuels agreement

Southeast Farm Press
Aug 21, 2008 10:28 AM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the People’s Republic of China have signed an important agreement to collaborate on biofuels research.
The signing came during a meeting of over 200 scientists, industry leaders and government officials in Houston, Texas during the International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuel.
“We have an existing cooperation between USDA and the Chinese Ministry for Science and Technology,” said Eileen Herrera, Acting Deputy Director for the Office of International Research Programs at USDA’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS).
“We cooperate on several initiatives. Signing this protocol represents formal cooperation in the area of biofuels research.”

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