2018年CRI China-Africa Agricultural Modernization

 

In opening this week's FOCAC sessions in Beijing, Chinese Presient Xi Jinping said that all ten cooperation plans launched by China 3-years ago are now being implemented¹.

CRI's Xu Yawen with more on how agricultural development in Africa - one of the ten plans - is being influenced by the Belt and Road Initiative.

"The BRI brings opportunities for growth within Africa, opportunity for increasing trade and market access within Africa."

That is Clifford Tandari, administrative² chief for the Morogoro region in Tanzania.

Morogoro is home to the Tanzanian Demonstration³ Center, which includes advanced agricultural technology imported from China that has been able to create a significant increase in local corn yields.

Tandari says this has done a lot to lift local villagers out of poverty.

"IBRC and the China Agricultural University are working in Tanzania on productivity and profitability of our farmers. That project there, using Chinese technology, we have found that the farmers' yield is growing more than two times, in some areas, three times. So farmers involved in these projects, for example,their income has increased, their poverty has declined, their welfare has grew up. Some of them can now afford to send their children into private schools. Something they are not being able to do before that. So we thank China for practical oriented programs, which go to the micro level to our people, lifted themselves out of poverty.

Meanwhile, in Rwanda, around 12-thousand people are now able to make money by planting variety of Chinese mushrooms through a process being taught at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center

Chen Xiaobin is the Center's director, he says, "Juncao technology is very easy to learn, and the Juncao mushroom is very easy to plant. The largest advantage of this technology is that this is an eco-friendly agricultural product. Rwanda here has a lot of crop waste. Things such as corn cobs and cottonseed husks can be used as fertilizer to plant the Juncao mushroom. It's good for crop recycling. This technology has not only helped local farmers to increase household incomes, but also it is an eco-friendly agriculture product that can ensure environmental protection."

The increase in agricultural ties between China and Africa is something the African Union continues to press for.

Josefa Sacko is the AU's Commissioner⁴ for the Rural Economy and Agriculture, says, "Through the AU and China's Cooperation in the Rural Economy and Agricultural Development, there has been transfer of technology, enhanced human capacity through exchange visits of African experts to China, and technical assistance from China covering crop planting, pest and disease prevention and control, agricultural product processing, livestock⁵ breeding and fish and farming. We have also noted⁶ growing pricate investments in medium to large scale farms."

Africa has roughly 600 million hectares of uncultivated arable⁷ land, which is roughly 65 percent of the available arable land in the world.

1 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

2 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

3 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

4 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

5 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

7 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？