On October 12. 2016，the “Training Course on Biogas Technology for Argentina “ was held at Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture (BIOMA) in Chengdu. The course was sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture of China（MOA）and organized by Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture (BIOMA). Ms. CAI Ping, CPC Party Secretary & Deputy Director General of BIOMA, was present at the opening ceremony.

Ms. CAI Ping extended a warm welcome to all participants and introduced the contributions of biogas to developing rural energies and improving farmers’ living standards. She also introduced the rich experience and strong research capabilities of BIOMA and hoped that this training course could strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between China and Argentina.

Participant representative Fernando from Argentina expressed gratitude to the Chinese government and highly praised the role of biogas in solving fertilizer and energy problems and he hoped to learn biogas technology and management experience from China.

This course was the 72^nd international training course organized by BIOMA since its establishment. It lasted for 15 days from October 11 -25 and had 15 participants from Argentina.