In China's "four modernization" programs, launched in the 1970s, defense modernization ranked last, behind industry, agriculture and science and technology.
The medium- and long-term measures outlined in the draft document call for investment in agriculture and agricultural science and technology.
The only solution is for the economy to grow at a much quicker rate, according to economist Najib Ekesbi from the Hassan II Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary Science.
It provided each state with a land grant to sell in order to raise proceeds to establish or improve colleges focusing on practical studies such as engineering, agriculture and military science.
The talks also touch on bilateral relations in the fields of the economy, culture, science, agriculture, education and health.
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According to this agreement both countries will cooperate in the areas of energy exploitation and exploration and in joint ventures involving petrochemical and hydroelectric development as well as hydrocarbons, mining, agriculture, infrastructure, science and technology.
Several other agreements are expected to be signed during the two-day summit in South Africa's coastal resort city of Durban, including in defense, education, energy, science and technology, agriculture and transport, according to South African President Jacob Zuma.
Biosphere reserves assume far more functions than regluar protected areas or nature reserves: they require an inter-sector coordination, the sharing of benefits and responsibilities in natural resources management of agriculture, forestry, fishery, science, local and national authorities and the international community.
But the science, said Jackson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, has changed.
The work is being carried out by Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) and results are due to be published next year.
These include education, science and technology, labour and agriculture.
"Restrictions on foreign investment in agriculture, market restrictions not based on sound science, and nontransparent, discriminatory trade policies" get in the way, the Chamber's report says, echoing complaints from U.S. companies in other industries.
No doubt politicians will argue that I'm wrong and there were a good number of scientists involved in constructing "My Plate, " but the facts speak for themselves: If government food recommendations came from science and not politics, the Department of Agriculture would have no role unless we needed cows to lose weight.
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Decent governance, rule of law and a willingness to employ science, such as genetic engineering, to conduct agriculture under stressed conditions (here the European Union is complicit in Luddite folly) could foster a breadbasket.
At the event, officials from the Departments of Transportation, Labor, Energy, Education, and Agriculture, as well as from the Office of Personnel Management, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and Corporation for National and Community Service, met with leaders of STEM mentoring organizations and members of the public.
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