Agricultural Science

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Agency	Date Started	Date Ended	Fund Level	Description

Australia	USDA	Feb 22, 1982	Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.	Funding not specified	Agricultural R&D; soil and water conservation, industrial utilization. Activities continue on ad hoc basis.
Canada	USDA	May 17, 1990	May 17, 2000	Funding not specified	To improve coordination of forestry related programs by both countries via mutual assistance in: planning (development of similar data and techniques, standards, reporting systems), program operations (sharing resources in emergency fire/pest outbreaks), and communicating/info sharing (development of compatible databases of forest resource inventories and program reporting).
China	USDA	Jan 31, 1979	Termination date: Indefinite	USDA funding: $125,000 each year hosting Chinese team; reciprocal funding in China.	Attached as annex to U.S. China S&T agreement (Umbrella). Renewed with the S&T agreement. Agricultural R&D under umbrella S&T agreement; exchange of germplasm like alfalfa, soybeans, sorghum, forage grasses, windbreak trees species, pecans and cole crops; disease resistance breeding in citrus, soybeans, cotton, tomato, cabbage. Participating agencies Chinese Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce, Water Conservancy.
China	USDA (USFS)	Sep 1, 1993	Jun 30, 1998	Funding not specified	MOU between USDA/Forest Service/Pacific Southwest Research Station and Chinese Academy of Forest/Research Institute of Tropical Forestry. This MOU establishes a framework for cooperative projects related to renewable forest resources and working agreements for use of forest lands, research laboratories and buildings.
Germany	USDA	Jun 1, 1981	Jun 1, 1991	Funding not specified	Term of original MOU expired, but it was agreed to continue the exchange without formal renewal of MOU. Agricultural S&T; plant biotechnology, integrated pest management, reproductive biology of swine, etc.
Hungary	USDA	Jul 12, 1989	Jul 11, 1994	Funding not specified	Joint Board research is under U.S. Department of State's OES Bureau S&T agreement.
Japan	USDA	Jan 13, 1992	Termination date: Indefinite	Funding not specified	US Japan Cooperative Program in the Field of Agricultural Science and Technology between USDA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF).
Korea	USDA (ARS)	Jan 19, 1995	Jan 18, 2000: Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.	Funding not specified	Executive agent for the U.S.: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of USDA. Executive agent for Korea: The Rural Development Administration (RDA) of Korea. Purpose of MOU is to strengthen cooperation and focus mutual interest in the broad areas of animal science, plant science, soil science, agriculture biotechnology and other fields mutually agreed upon. Cooperation includes food safety, crop protection utilizing biological control, integrated pest management, crop production, animal health, and animal production. Sustainable agriculture is an area of particular joint importance. IPR protected.
Korea	USDA (USFS)	Mar 17, 1994	Termination date: Indefinite	Funding not specified	Letter of Record between the Korea Forestry Research Institute and USFS' Forest Products Laboratory. Research on product development.
Mexico	USDA	May 16, 1995	Termination date: Indefinite	Funding not specified	MOU between USDA and the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (SAGAR) of the United Mexican States. The agreement encourages scientific, technical and economic cooperative activities between the U.S. and Mexico. Of special interest are areas such as tropical agriculture, nutrition, plant and animal health, animal production, soil management, conservation, germplasm collection integrated pest management, food processing and storage.
Multilateral	DOI (BLM)	Jan 1, 1961	On-going agreement	Funding not specified	Agreement with Mexico and Canada. North American Forestry Commission; Exchange information and advise the FAO Committee on Forestry concerning forest and wildfire management practices.
Netherlands, The	USDA	Nov 20, 1980	Nov 20, 1990: On-going agreement	Funding not specified	Term of original MOU expired, and active cooperation continues without formal renewal of MOU. Agricultural S&T; plant physiology, economic research; soil and water science; integrated pest management, etc.
Russia	USDA	Jun 16, 1992	Termination date: Indefinite	Funding not specified	MOU that provides a framework for scientific and technical cooperation in agriculture, food and natural resources. Cooperation may include joint planning and execution of research projects; exchange of researchers and other technical personnel; exchange of information and methodologies; provide partial financial support to researchers for short course and exchange stays and other forms of cooperation upon which the parties mutually agree.
Russia	USDA (USFS)	May 13, 1994	May 12, 1999: Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.	Funding not specified	MOU on Cooperation in the field of Forestry between the U.S. Forestry Service (USFS) and the Federal Forest Service of Russia. Areas of Cooperation include: Forest regeneration, forest protection, forest inventory, monitoring forest condition, forest conservation and sustainable use, watershed protection and restoration, forest conservation biology, training to support S&T exchange, and research to advance forest management policy. One special interest concerns the pine forests that stretch from Finland across Russia, with attention to the pine bark beetle and acid rain effects. A US Russia Forestry Working Group directs and coordinates implementation. IPR annex.
Taiwan	USDA	Jan 28, 1986	Termination date: Indefinite	Funding not specified	Agreement between CCNA and AIT. USDA/OICD is the executive agency for AIT. Approved amendments (subsidiary agreements) authorize cooperation in commodity situation and outlook reporting (02/07/91), forestry and natural resources conservation (07/04/91), soil and water conservation (10/05/92), and fruit and vegetable inspection (04/28/93). The agreement increased contacts and cooperation between agricultural scientists in broad areas of basic and applied agricultural sciences, including forestry and agricultural economics.
Uruguay	USDA	May 7, 1991	On-going agreement	Funding not specified	Agreement of animal and plant protection. Establishes mechanisms of technical and scientific cooperation & technology transfer, based on projects and other modalities. Areas of interest include: pest risk assessment technology, development of quarantine treatments, use of biotechnology for plant disease diagnosis, pest & disease eradication technology, insect detection/monitoring/control technology.
Venezuela	USDA	Mar 1, 1991	Feb 29, 1996	Funding not specified	MOU signed with the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock of the Republic of Venezuela to develop programs and exchanges of mutual benefit. USFS has on-going activity under this MOU through a letter of cooperation.

Agency

Date Started

Date Ended

Fund Level

Description

Australia

USDA

Feb 22, 1982

Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.

Funding not specified

Agricultural R&D; soil and water conservation, industrial utilization. Activities continue on ad hoc basis.

Canada

USDA

May 17, 1990

May 17, 2000

Funding not specified

To improve coordination of forestry related programs by both countries via mutual assistance in: planning (development of similar data and techniques, standards, reporting systems), program operations (sharing resources in emergency fire/pest outbreaks), and communicating/info sharing (development of compatible databases of forest resource inventories and program reporting).

China

USDA

Jan 31, 1979

Termination date: Indefinite

USDA funding: $125,000 each year hosting Chinese team; reciprocal funding in China.

Attached as annex to U.S. China S&T agreement (Umbrella). Renewed with the S&T agreement. Agricultural R&D under umbrella S&T agreement; exchange of germplasm like alfalfa, soybeans, sorghum, forage grasses, windbreak trees species, pecans and cole crops; disease resistance breeding in citrus, soybeans, cotton, tomato, cabbage. Participating agencies Chinese Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce, Water Conservancy.

China

USDA (USFS)

Sep 1, 1993

Jun 30, 1998

Funding not specified

MOU between USDA/Forest Service/Pacific Southwest Research Station and Chinese Academy of Forest/Research Institute of Tropical Forestry. This MOU establishes a framework for cooperative projects related to renewable forest resources and working agreements for use of forest lands, research laboratories and buildings.

Germany

USDA

Jun 1, 1981

Jun 1, 1991

Funding not specified

Term of original MOU expired, but it was agreed to continue the exchange without formal renewal of MOU. Agricultural S&T; plant biotechnology, integrated pest management, reproductive biology of swine, etc.

Hungary

USDA

Jul 12, 1989

Jul 11, 1994

Funding not specified

Joint Board research is under U.S. Department of State's OES Bureau S&T agreement.

Japan

USDA

Jan 13, 1992

Termination date: Indefinite

Funding not specified

US Japan Cooperative Program in the Field of Agricultural Science and Technology between USDA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF).

Korea

USDA (ARS)

Jan 19, 1995

Jan 18, 2000: Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.

Funding not specified

Executive agent for the U.S.: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of USDA. Executive agent for Korea: The Rural Development Administration (RDA) of Korea. Purpose of MOU is to strengthen cooperation and focus mutual interest in the broad areas of animal science, plant science, soil science, agriculture biotechnology and other fields mutually agreed upon. Cooperation includes food safety, crop protection utilizing biological control, integrated pest management, crop production, animal health, and animal production. Sustainable agriculture is an area of particular joint importance. IPR protected.

Korea

USDA (USFS)

Mar 17, 1994

Termination date: Indefinite

Funding not specified

Letter of Record between the Korea Forestry Research Institute and USFS' Forest Products Laboratory. Research on product development.

Mexico

USDA

May 16, 1995

Termination date: Indefinite

Funding not specified

MOU between USDA and the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (SAGAR) of the United Mexican States. The agreement encourages scientific, technical and economic cooperative activities between the U.S. and Mexico. Of special interest are areas such as tropical agriculture, nutrition, plant and animal health, animal production, soil management, conservation, germplasm collection integrated pest management, food processing and storage.

Multilateral

DOI (BLM)

Jan 1, 1961

On-going agreement

Funding not specified

Agreement with Mexico and Canada. North American Forestry Commission; Exchange information and advise the FAO Committee on Forestry concerning forest and wildfire management practices.

Netherlands, The

USDA

Nov 20, 1980

Nov 20, 1990: On-going agreement

Funding not specified

Term of original MOU expired, and active cooperation continues without formal renewal of MOU. Agricultural S&T; plant physiology, economic research; soil and water science; integrated pest management, etc.

Russia

USDA

Jun 16, 1992

Termination date: Indefinite

Funding not specified

MOU that provides a framework for scientific and technical cooperation in agriculture, food and natural resources. Cooperation may include joint planning and execution of research projects; exchange of researchers and other technical personnel; exchange of information and methodologies; provide partial financial support to researchers for short course and exchange stays and other forms of cooperation upon which the parties mutually agree.

Russia

USDA (USFS)

May 13, 1994

May 12, 1999: Self-renewing agreement every 5 years.

Funding not specified

MOU on Cooperation in the field of Forestry between the U.S. Forestry Service (USFS) and the Federal Forest Service of Russia. Areas of Cooperation include: Forest regeneration, forest protection, forest inventory, monitoring forest condition, forest conservation and sustainable use, watershed protection and restoration, forest conservation biology, training to support S&T exchange, and research to advance forest management policy. One special interest concerns the pine forests that stretch from Finland across Russia, with attention to the pine bark beetle and acid rain effects. A US Russia Forestry Working Group directs and coordinates implementation. IPR annex.

Taiwan

USDA

Jan 28, 1986

Termination date: Indefinite

Funding not specified

Agreement between CCNA and AIT. USDA/OICD is the executive agency for AIT. Approved amendments (subsidiary agreements) authorize cooperation in commodity situation and outlook reporting (02/07/91), forestry and natural resources conservation (07/04/91), soil and water conservation (10/05/92), and fruit and vegetable inspection (04/28/93). The agreement increased contacts and cooperation between agricultural scientists in broad areas of basic and applied agricultural sciences, including forestry and agricultural economics.

Uruguay

USDA

May 7, 1991

On-going agreement

Funding not specified

Agreement of animal and plant protection. Establishes mechanisms of technical and scientific cooperation & technology transfer, based on projects and other modalities. Areas of interest include: pest risk assessment technology, development of quarantine treatments, use of biotechnology for plant disease diagnosis, pest & disease eradication technology, insect detection/monitoring/control technology.

Venezuela

USDA

Mar 1, 1991

Feb 29, 1996

Funding not specified

MOU signed with the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock of the Republic of Venezuela to develop programs and exchanges of mutual benefit. USFS has on-going activity under this MOU through a letter of cooperation.