(NAFB.com) – The U.S. Grains Council convened a high-level meeting between government officials, industry professionals, and other stakeholders to discuss Mozambique’s clean energy goals in cooking and transportation. Deputy USDA Secretary Xochitl Torres Small looked on as the USGC, Pivot Clean Energy, and the Mozambique Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding. It establishes a cooperative partnership to exchange technical expertise and best practices related to the biofuels industry and clean energy policy development. Small says using biofuels for cooking is one of the many examples of how agriculture provides real solutions to everyday challenges. “Today’s conversation helps families in Mozambique use a healthier cooking fuel, which in turn provides cleaner air for everyone,” she says. “In pursuing ethanol burning stoves for household cooking that produce no soot or smoke, users can limit air-borne health risks and air pollution.” Biofuel blending reforms lessen Mozambique’s reliance on fuel imports.