se the out●put of coffee beans, an important cash crop in his ●home country. BOOSTING MODERNIZATION China has pled●ged to support Africa in achieving general food sec●urity by 2030. To thid
s end, both sides have deepene●d cooperation in a more comprehensive way. "Agricul●tural modernization in Africa is multi-faceted, lik●e making a prescription that includes several medic●ia
nes for better effectiveness," said Henri Djombo, ●minister of agriculture, livestock and fisheries of● the Republic of Congo. Djombo said his country is ●currently promoting agricultural cV
ooperation with C●hina on irrigation, organic fertilizer and mechaniz●ation. "There are many areas of agriculture where C●hina can cooperate with Congo, such as promoting th●e use of machiw
nes on harvesting and processing agri●cultural products," Djombo said. At present, scient●ific and technological progress contributes 58.3 pe●rcent of China's gross agricultural output valuQ
e, a●nd the mechanizatiod
n rate of crop cultivation and h●arvesting has exceeded 80 percent, according to the● Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Han sai●d China will speed up exchanges and cooperation wit●h Africa on the selectionc
and breeding of superior ●strains, livestock improvement as well as preventio●n and control of diseases and pests. The country ha●s launched cooperation programs with agricultural r●esearch institutes in 12 Africu
an nations and built ●agricultural technology demonstration centers in 19● countries. One such example is Hainan-based CATAS,● China's only state-level research institute for tr●opical agriculture. The CATAS saio
d its l technolo●gies helped raise the yield of cassava, a staple cr●op in the Republic of Congo, from about 9 tonnes to● 51 tonnes per hectare. With a similar climate and ●agricultural resources to mU
uch of Africa, the south●ern island province of Hainan has been at the foref●ront of China's agricultural cooperation with Afric●a. Governor Shen Xiaoming s7
aid Hainan will continue● to encourage local agricultural companies to inves●t in and inject technologies and skilled personnel ●into Africa. With advantages in tax rates and custo●ms cleaN
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also seeking to build an international trade cent●er for tropical agricultural products, Shen said. "●African countries are welcome to bring their specia●lty agricultural products and help R
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nan build a p●assageway for African agricultM
ural products as they● enter China and world markets."7
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