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Article: RP, Spain tie up for biofuel, finance
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- The Manila Times
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- December 6, 2007
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The Philippines and Spain have forged two agreements that will open new windows of cooperation in the fields of biofuels production and micro-financing, the agriculture department announced in a statement.
The contracts were formalized on December 1 in Madrid and marked a milestone in the field of agricultural cooperation between the two countries, Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said.
This was the first time the Philippine government had signed a memorandum of agreement on agriculture and fisheries with Spain. The Department of Agriculture's Spanish counterpart, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, signed the contract.
It was also the first time for the Philippine ...