Chinese experts contribute to agricultural upgrade in Rwanda-Xinhua
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KIGALI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Experts from China’s Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University have been working with the Rwandan government on the Juncao technology since 2006, promoting Juncao and other agricultural technologies at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in southern Rwanda.
So far, more than 35,000 Rwandan farmers have been trained at the center.
Zheng Ruijin (L) instructs as a farmer follows in transplanting rice seedlings at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin (2nd R) prepares mushroom tubes with local farmers at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Zheng Ruijin (1st L) talks with farmers about transplanting rice seedlings at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Zheng Ruijin, a rice expert who has been working at the center since 2021, trains farmers in rice transplanting, field management, and cultivation of quality rice seedlings.
Due in part to his efforts, some localities achieve higher grain yields than in previous years.
Zheng Ruijin (2nd R) instructs farmers in transplanting rice seedlings at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Zheng Ruijin (R) instructs as a farmer looks on in field management at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Chen Xiaobin, a Juncao expert at the center, has been committed to promoting the technology in the past six years among local farmers, many of whom have significantly improved living conditions.
Juncao is a hybrid grass and an important multifunctional agricultural resource developed and used for mushroom farming in China. The innovation, invented by Lin Zhanxi from China’s Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in the 1980s, has benefited more than 100 countries, including Rwanda, allowing smallholder farmers to grow mushrooms from dried, chopped grasses without cutting down trees and damaging the environment.
Chen Xiaobin (L) explains as Suzanne Nikuze, a mushroom cultivation workshop owner, learns the know-how in Kigali, Rwanda, Aug. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin (R) checks mushroom tubes as local farmers work at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin inspects the quality of produced mushroom tubes at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, on Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin adds water to the material as a part of the preparation to make mushroom tubes with the help of local farmers at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin (L) communicates with Suzanne Nikuze, owner of an edible mushroom cultivation workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, on Aug. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin performs mycelium inoculation in a laboratory at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin inspects the growth conditions at a Juncao field in Huye District, Rwanda, on Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin collects a Juncao sample in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin (rear) imparts Juncao technology to locals during a lecture at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Chen Xiaobin prepares a presentation on Juncao technology at the China-Rwanda Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center in Huye District, Rwanda, on Aug. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Coordinators: Wang Qingqin, Meng Chenguang, Zhang Haofu
