And great hope is being placed in Kathleen A. Merrigan, director of the agriculture, food and environment program at Tufts University, who was appointed the deputy agriculturesecretary last week.
在上周被指定为农业秘书代理人(deputy agriculture secretary在这里有好几个意思，不知道哪个才是…)，Tufts大学农业、食品与环境项目主管Kathleen a . Merrigan对其寄予厚望。
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Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
布罗姆菲尔德被内定为美国的农业部长。
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Phung Dac Loc, general secretary of the Viet Nam InsuranceAssociation, said the local insurance market was attractive and stillunder-exploited, particularly in sectors such as agriculture andhousing.