(240820) — KIGALI, Aug. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) — Zheng Ruijin (1st L) talks with farmers in transplanting rice seedlings at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024.
Juncao is a hybrid grass and an important multifunctional agricultural resource developed and used for mushroom farming in China. Since 2006, experts from China’s Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University have been working with the Rwandan government on the Juncao technology, 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, 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.
In the past six years, Chen Xiaobin, a Juncao expert, has committed himself in promoting the technology among local farmers, many of whom have their living conditions significantly improved. (Xinhua/Han Xu)