DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS News Release (News Release ref: 357/08) issued by COI News Distribution Service. 10 November 2008

BEIJING: The UK and Chinese governments today signed a three year commitment to strengthen their growing partnership on agriculture.

Hilary Benn, UK Environment Secretary, met the Chinese Agriculture Minister, Sun Zhengcai and signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation on Sustainable Agriculture.

The Ministers also launched the Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network (SAIN) which will help address the link between agriculture and climate change. This new network will provide a clear plan for the development and implementation of China-UK collaboration on environmentally sustainable agriculture.

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