University College Dublin (UCD) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a leading Chinese dairy producer, Dairy United.
The agreement, which is expected to bring about multi-million Euro contracts for products and services, sets out the development of a China-Ireland Agricultural demonstration farm in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, as well as collaborative research projects, the provision of education and training, and collaboration on creating a trade corridor to facilitate the export of Irish products to Inner Mongolia.
The announcement was made during a food and agri-services trade mission to China by the Irish minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney.
UCD now aims to collaborate with a number of Irish agricultural equipment and services companies to deliver an integrated package of education and training, research, services and technology to Dairy United.
The link with Dairy United was created by Enterprise Ireland, which has been working to establish contacts over the past 18 months.
