The first china-africa Forum on agricultural cooperation was fruitful
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A few days ago, the first china-africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum held a press conference in Sanya, Hainan, to announce the outcome of the forum and Future Implementation Actions. The forum fully implemented the consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and African leaders during the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation summit in Beijing, as well as the goals and tasks related to agriculture, and formulated and adopted the Sanya Declaration on china-africa agricultural cooperation The consensus on china-africa agricultural cooperation was forged and a new journey of china-africa agricultural cooperation was launched in an all-round way. China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the African Union Commission and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, and established the China -- Africa Union Agricultural Cooperation Council. Relevant government departments, international organizations, scientific research institutions and enterprises have signed a total of 11 practical cooperation agreements Among them: The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the conservation and utilization of agricultural biodiversity in China and Africa; The Country Garden signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the republic It will invest US $50 million to build an agricultural industrial park in Madagascar with an annual output of 4,000 tons of hybrid rice seeds. In the next stage, the Ministry of Agriculture and rural areas of China will work with the African side to focus on the implementation of the seven achievements. First, the china-africa Agricultural Modernization Cooperation plan was jointly prepared with the AU and formally released by the 2021 in July. Second, it signed the Memorandum of understanding with the agricultural departments of Ethiopia, Botswana, Senegal, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana and other African countries to establish and improve bilateral agricultural cooperation mechanisms. Third, we will continue to send 100 senior agricultural experts to Africa before the end of the 2021. Fourth, train 10,000 agricultural talents for Africa in the next three years. Fifth, deepen the "10 + 10" cooperation between Chinese and African agricultural research institutions, and build a china-africa Joint Research and Development Alliance on green agricultural technologies China-kenya Joint Laboratory on early warning, monitoring and green prevention and control of major cross-border agricultural pests, china-egypt platform for collaborative innovation and capacity building in agricultural industries, china-ethiopia Joint Research and Development Centre for Hybrid Millet. Sixth, work with South Africa, Sudan, Morocco, Ethiopia, Senegal, Zimbabwe and Ghana to harmonize standards for processing and import and export of agricultural products, so as to further facilitate trade in agricultural products. Promoting the upgrading of agricultural demonstration parks in Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania, and supporting Africa to set up a production-processing and marketing chain of agriculture In the next five years, we will promote the construction of a number of new agricultural industrial parks in Africa.
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