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Elvia H. Thompson
Headquarters, Washington           May 29, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1696)

Ed Loyd
Department of Agriculture, Washington
(Phone: 202/720-4623)

RELEASE: 03-186

NASA, AGRICULTURE SIGN MEMORANDUM FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

     NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ann M. Veneman will sign a 
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Friday.

The MOU covers a series of programs to help protect the 
environment and enhance American agriculture. The new 
collaboration allows for the use of NASA's capabilities in 
monitoring, mapping, modeling and systems engineering to 
enhance USDA's ability to predict climate, weather and 
natural hazards.

The ceremony is at 10 a.m. EDT in the USDA Jamie L. Whitten 
Federal Building, Room 107-A, 12th & Jefferson Dr., SW, 
Washington. The ceremony is open to credentialed media.

NASA Associate Administrator for Earth Science, Dr. Ghassem 
Asar, and Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education 
and Economics, Joseph Jen, will join Administrator O'Keefe 
and Secretary Veneman for the ceremony.

For information about NASA and Earth Science programs on the 
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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