US TEAMS PLAN For the Exchange of Teams of Scientists and Specialists Name of topics, number of delegates, duration of visits 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Plant quarantine, including efforts on prevention of insects, plant pathogens and noxious weeds from distribution in import-export commodities. Development efforts to improve existing methods of quarantine control and fumigation of agricultural plant commodities. 2 x 15 days Study of economic aspects of spring wheat production. 2 x 21 days Study of economic and technical aspects of cotton production. Development and improvement of means and methods of animal infectious Seminar on the state-of-art methodology and technology of feed 5 x 15 days Understanding the economic and weather components of bio-weather models will provide a basis for technical cooperation. 1/ 3 x 15 days Development of improved methods for reforestation, including tissue culture methods and exchange of seeds of forest tree and shrub species. Integrated methods of forest insect and disease control. 6 x 20 days Study of economic aspects of winter grain production and use. 3 x 15 days Study of management, research, and performance in the agrochemical 3 x 18 days Exchange of genetic materials to be used in development and breeding of crop varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops with the use of up-todate methods. 3 x 20 days 11. Development of integrated methods for plant protection against insects, disease and weeds, primarily by using biological methods. 3 x 20 days 1/ The Soviet side agreed to provide information within three months concerning the possibility of receiving this team. They responded they were unable to receive the team because this subject matter is the responsibility of Hydromet, not GOSAGRO PROM. Soviet Teams PLAN For the Exchange of Teams of Scientists and Specialists Name of topics, number of delegates, duration of visits 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Study of the system of contract relations among agricultural enterprises and organizations of material and technical supply, technical and agrochemical service, systems of marketing and food industry. 3 x 15 days Method of management of agri-industrial firms, enterprises and research US-USSR seminar on problems of embryo transplantation with the use of Technology of applying compound fertilizers in combination with other chemicals for major farm crops. 3 x 12 days Study of economic aspects of grain production on the basis of progressive technologies in the arid zone of the USA. 3 x 15 days Exchange of genetic materials to be used in development and breeding of 4 x 20 days Experience of efficient utilization of irrigated lands. 3 x 12 days Development of improved methods for reforestation, including tissue culture methods and exchange of seeds of forest tree and shrub species. Integrated methods of forest insect and disease control. 6 x 20 days Seminar on modeling of farm production and application of electronic computers in agriculture. 3 x 15 days Enclosed, for insertion in the hearing record, is EPA's Statement for the Record concerning the subject matter of your July 31, 1986 hearing on U.S./Soviet scientific exchanges. Please feel free to contact us if we can be of any further assistance. Sincerely yours, Strahove Steadman M. Overman Office of Legislative Analysis Enclosure STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 1986 One of the first U.S.-Soviet science and technology accords, the US-USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection was signed by the two Heads of State on May 23, 1972, during the Moscow summit meeting of that year. It was extended for a second five-year term in May 1977. After a complete interagency review, the Reagan Administration approved its extension for a third five-year term beginning in May 1982. Interagency consideration of another five-year extension will take place this fall. In its present form, the US-USSR Environmental Agreement provides for cooperative activity in 38 specific projects among 11 general areas: air pollution, water pollution, pollution associated with agriculture, the urban environment, nature conservation, marine pollution, biological/genetic effects, climatic effects, earthquake prediction, arctic/subarctic ecosystems, and legal/ administrative measures. On the U.S. side, 10 different federal departments and agencies are involved in varying degrees, along with several universities and industrial associations. Overall coordination and communication responsibilities are vested in an executive secretariat located in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of International Activities. The Soviet side of the Agreement is represented by some dozen ministries and state committees, plus an approximately equal number of Academy of Sciences institutes. The Soviet executive secretariat is located in the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Control of the |