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NEW AGRICULTURE TRADE DATABASE AVAILABLE

WASHINGTON, DC - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available worldwide a free, online database of more than 3,800 US-based agriculture exporters and their products.

The new database helps connect potential foreign buyers with US suppliers and can also be utilized to recruit US exporters to participate in overseas market development activities.

The database is available at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/agexport/exporter.html.

The database contains more than 500 product categories for companies to include in their listing. More than 80 FAS overseas offices use the database to help export agents, trading companies, importers and foreign buyers locate US suppliers.

It is also used to recruit US exporters to participate in market development activities such as overseas trade shows and missions.

For further information on the list, contact [email protected]

DOA SECRETARY TO HOST CENTRAL AMERICA CONFERENCE

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will travel to San José, Costa Rica, May 10-11 to co-host a ministerial conference for the countries of Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic on the use of science and technology to improve productivity in the agricultural sector, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Some 200 invited participants are expected to attend the conference. Attendees include the vice presidents of Nicaragua and El Salvador; ministers of agriculture and science and technology from the nine member countries of the Regional Council for Agricultural Cooperation (CORECA) - Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama; and representatives from private industry, academia, research centers, and nongovernmental, regional or international organizations.

The conference is expected to cover such issues as "improving food security by applying agricultural science and technology in an environmentally sustainable way; adopting conventional and state-of-the-art agricultural technologies, including biotechnology, to boost productivity; creating the appropriate policy, institutional and regulatory frameworks to facilitate technology transfer; exploring ways to forge public-private partnerships; and promoting regional systems of cooperation for research and development in agricultural science and technology."

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