Agriculture is fundamental to national economic development and social stability. In recent years, china has been actively strengthening international cooperation in agriculture and helping other developing countries to accelerate their agricultural development, as appropriate. China's expert group, using the agricultural technology centre as a platform for sharing agro-business experiences and supporting agro-ecological cycles and sustainable production; helping to build local agricultural technology capacity through cooperative projects; piloting and promoting new and high-yielding varieties for the countries concerned; and improving local agricultural production capacity. China has made a significant contribution to maintaining world food security and promoting common development through concrete action。
Model zone for cooperation in tropical eco-agriculture in central cambodia:
Development of the banana industry
In the banana packaging plant of the cambodia tropical eco-agriculture cooperation zone, 20-year-old cambodian girl lusati and her fellow workers are on fire. "crowding orders from china, we're busy!" lusati laughed。
The cambodia-central tropical eco-agricultural cooperation model zone, located in kratie province, cambodia, is one of the first pilot projects to build offshore agricultural cooperation zone of the ministry of agriculture and rural china, built in cooperation with the chinese enterprise oasis agriculture development (cambodia) limited (hereinafter referred to as the cambodia oasis) and the hainan agricultural rural department。
Cambodia used to have virtually no large-scale banana-growing industry and lacked associated enterprises. The demonstration area introduced from china industrial chain support facilities such as banana group nurseries, nurseries, organic fertilisers, packaging plants, and transit freezers, essentially forming the whole industry chain of bananas。
In 2017, cambodia's oasis again developed criteria for the management of banana cultivation that are appropriate to local conditions and actively assisted cambodia in applying for banana valor. Scalable, standardized banana-growing management techniques are beginning to be replicated locally. In may 2019, for the first time, cambodian bananas were exported directly to china, reaching 130,000 tons in that year and more than 300,000 tons the following year。
The cambodian minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, onsakura, visited the model area on several occasions. He said that the demonstration zone had also led to the development of surrounding areas, while accelerating its own development. The success of the demonstration area has raised awareness of the advantages of the chinese market, capital, talent and technology, and has seen hope in the development of the banana industry in cambodia。
Currently, the number of banana-growing enterprises authorized to export to china has increased to 15 and the area under cultivation continues to expand. “in these years, our family has not only bought motorcycles and cars, but has also built new houses.” lusati is proud to say: “in kratie province, more and more locals are studying chinese planting techniques to achieve poverty and prosperity. Thanks to the pilot area's driving role.”
Support to the sudan agricultural technology demonstration centre:
Increased cotton production and increased export earnings
Looking at a pack of cotton loaded on a transporter, shaaddin, the village chief of the 11th village of the chinese-sudan agricultural cooperative development zone, had a smile on his face: “looks like i can build a new house this year!”
Cotton cultivation in the sudan has a long history. However, due to the lack of scientific breeding processes for native cotton varieties, resistance to cotton bellworms, etc., is weak and cotton production is costly and low. In 2008, china launched a new round of technical assistance for agriculture in the sudan. The shandong international economic and technical cooperation corporation, together with the agricultural institute of shandong province, has undertaken a project to assist the sudan agricultural technology demonstration centre, which is conducting crop varieties and technology experiments, good breeding, technical training and demonstration promotion in the sudan。
The chinese team has carefully studied the local soil, sunlight, and other geographical climatic conditions. After several planting seasons, the development of the “china 1” cotton variety “china 2” has greatly improved the insect resistance to cotton in the sudan. The sudan agricultural technology demonstration centre has been established as a national breeding base in the sudan, with over 90 per cent of the total area under sudanese cotton cultivation for many years and a cumulative area of over 12 million acres。
China provides high-quality cotton seeds, advanced agricultural technologies and machinery, sudanese cotton farmers are responsible for planting, and china repurchases them in a unified manner, fully guaranteeing the income of local cotton farmers. “before co-planting, local cotton farmers have low incomes and low incentives to grow. Now, the cotton farmer's annual income has quadrupled, and everyone's got enough energy!" according to abdullah zamu, the general manager of the lahad irrigation area of the sudan。
Thanks to the expansion of good seeds, the average annual production of cotton in the sudan has increased significantly, and the amount of export earnings has increased. The former acting minister of agriculture of the sudan, babic osman, said: “the share of agriculture in the sudanese national economy is 46 per cent. Together with our chinese friends, the prospects for agricultural development in the sudan are growing and will greatly contribute to the economic recovery and sustainable development of the sudan.”
Co-operative agricultural projects:
Improved fruit and vegetable varieties, agricultural brands
Long peppers, yellow melons, green fruit cucumbers, cherry on vines. Tomatoes ... In the agricultural demonstration park in guanacaste, costa rica, chinese experts are introducing local farmers to chinese fruit and vegetable varieties: “the `gold boy's melon acre production is high, the mini fruit cucumber species `18' are pre-corrigated and produce high, and the `spicy 520' peppers are first introduced into costa rica ...”
At the end of the 1990s, costa rica experienced a steady decline in its melon production, and the government decided, through external cooperation, to carry out research on its disease and to develop new strains to combat it. In 2012, anhuijiang horticulture industry, inc. (hereinafter referred to as horticulture) was invited to cooperate with me. In exchange with local experts, china's scientific team has developed a cure for the disease and has quickly selected and tested the varieties of the gangyemei i and red movement melons, with an increase of 20-30 per cent over local varieties。
Following an increase in harvests, local growers have expressed a desire to test chinese fruit and vegetables. Wang zheng, general manager of jiang wai gardens journalists were told that varieties such as guangxi melons and cherry tomatoes were popular and that many growers had introduced new varieties and technologies to other farmers。
China is also actively sharing its agricultural development experience and high-tech achievements with local scientific institutions and farmers. In 2019, the joint research centre for agricultural science and technology in china was established jointly with the centre for the transfer of agricultural technology. The deputy minister for foreign trade of costa rica, saras, stated that “the centre will stimulate the enormous potential of costa rican agricultural development, increase the value added of the region's agricultural exports, improve the industrial chain and contribute to the visibility of costa rican agriculture in the international market”
“the co-operative agricultural project of co-operation of co-operation of co-operation of côte d'ivoire is an example that deserves recognition and promotion and will have far-reaching implications for the development of agriculture both in colombia and in latin america.” the minister of agriculture and livestock of costa rica, alvarado, stated that he looked forward to more high-quality chinese products and high-tech technologies in colombia。
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