Ambassador Federico Cuello, Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations; Dr. David Stillman, Executive Director of the Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF); Tom Kadala, President of ResearchPAYS, Inc. and Rafael Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of RJS Group, will appear on Sabado Agropecuario (The Saturday Agricultural Journal), on Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 a.m.. Manuel González Tejera is the interviewer. 

The group will review plans for the upcoming Fourth Bioenergy International Debate, scheduled for December 3-4 in Santo Domingo and the current work of RJS group in the Dominican Republic.  This December meetings will be hosted by the National Energy Commission, the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, and organized by PPAF and ResearchPAYS.   The report of the Third Bioenergy International Debate is available on the PPAF website at http://www.ppafoundation.org/events.html

They will also talk about the 14^th Regional Forum on Biofuels and Other Renewable Energies, which has taken place in Santo Domingo from 18 – 20 November.

RJS Group is a sponsor of the December event.  The Group is developing fuel ethanol for the local Dominican market and for export to the U.S. and the European Union through production of sweet sorghum.  Their new project will also produce bioelectricity for the local market using bagasse and straw yield of sorghum.  According to RJS Group, their project is designed to be strategically located in the Northwest Region of the Dominican Republic so as to exploit the comparative and competitive advantages of the area for agro-industrial activities and, with that, promote regional development with economic sustainability, environmental and social benefits.  For more information see: http://www.rjsgroupdr.com

Sabado Agropecuario is a program of Revista 101 and is broadcast on local television channels, a Dominican Channel in the Northwest Coast of the United States and Canada and through the airwaves of 107.7 FM.