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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, China.com launched a series of reports on the theme of “The road is for the public, and it will reach further in ten years”. Participants and people who have experienced the “Belt and Road” project describe the process of jointly building the “Belt and Road” Touching stories, feel China’s “big country mind”.
China Net, October 9 (Reporter Liu Jia) In late May, summer heat has begun to set in many places in China. Thousands of miles away in eastern Africa, Tanzania is about to usher in the intensive corn harvest period. Tang Lixia, a professor at the School of Humanities and Development – School of International Development and Global Agriculture at China Agricultural University, who has just completed her trip to Africa, shared her trip to Tanzania. Since 2011, the School of International Development and Global Agriculture of China Agricultural University has often provided technical support for agricultural planting in some African countries. Under the umbrella of the “Belt and Road” initiative, it has brought the wisdom and wisdom of “small technology, big harvest” to the local area. dividend.
Corn harvest increased significantly, and “really going to the ground” brought a “big harvest”
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the contact between Tang Lixia and the China Agricultural University team and Tanzania has only been maintained online, but this has not at all weakened the positive impact and contribution of China’s agricultural technology to local farmers. In May this year, as international routes resumed operations one after another, Tang Lixia went to Tanzania again.
During the three-day and two-night trip, Tang Lixia and her colleagues visited the demonstration village and communicated with local agricultural officials, agricultural technology extension workers and demonstration farmers to understand their attitudes towards soybean planting, the difficulties and challenges they encountered, and their expectations for the future of the project. expect. “The local road conditions in Africa are very unsatisfactory, and the infrastructure in some places is also very imperfect. During the visit, I did suffer a lot.” Tang Lixia only told the reporter of China.com in an understatement, but she was filled with joy in the process. , harvest and satisfaction, but all in words.
Tang Lixia communicates with local farmers in Tanzania.Photo provided by interviewee
“When we drive for several hours and use several modes of transportation to go to the local farmers’ homes, they will treat us with the best drink – soy milk. Although the taste is not as sweet as the domestic ones, they will add some meat. Cardamom turns soy milk into a fragrant one.” Tang Lixia said with a smile, “We know that this is the courtesy of distinguished guests.” This kind of simple respect is earned by the China Agricultural University team for 12 years.
According to Tang Lixia’s recollection, in 2011, Li Xiaoyun, honorary dean of the School of International Development and Global Agriculture of China Agricultural University, and his team went to Tanzania for the first time in the form of a project team, bringing corn planting technology that is “compatible with water and soil” to the local area. By increasing planting density , increase corn yield per mu. In the first year, in Peyapiya Village, Tanzania, only the family of farmer Bishanga, who is the village’s agricultural technology extension officer, adopted Chinese technology. During the harvest season in July of the following year, the corn yield in Bishanga’s experimental field reached more than 400 kilograms per mu. “Tang Lixia said that after applying the Chinese program, local farmers in Tanzania have significantly increased their corn yield per mu, and the food security problems of demonstration households have been effectively alleviated.
Tang Lixia and a team from China Agricultural University visited Tanzania.Photo provided by interviewee
Since 2011, China Agricultural University has established a joint team with the Morogoro Provincial Government of Tanzania and Sukoin Agricultural University to carry out village-level poverty reduction demonstrations in ten villages including Payyapaya Village and Medigwa Simba Village. project to share China’s experience in agricultural development and poverty alleviation. In 2017, this project called “Small Technology for Big Harvest” was promoted throughout Morogoro Province. According to statistics, the project has covered more than 1,000 local farmers and more than 10,000 acres of land, and the average corn harvest of participants has more than doubled. The project has also been selected into the United Nations’ excellent case collection of South-South cooperation and trilateral cooperation to promote sustainable development for many times.
The “Soybean Revolution” brings “big nutrition” and high-quality development radiates to Africa
Against the backdrop of success in corn farming, the China Agricultural University team began to challenge higher goals. Starting in 2021, Professor Li Xiaoyun’s team plans to cooperate with the Morogoro Provincial Government to carry out the “Little Bean Nutrition” project, and has initially selected 4 demonstration villages and 100 demonstration households for pilot projects. By interplanting corn with soybeans, we explore new ways to improve the nutritional level of local residents.
In 2022, the project team will distribute soybean seeds to demonstration households in batches. Next, the Tanzanian project coordinator, village cadres and technical personnel provided on-site guidance on planting and management techniques. When the soybean harvest season entered, Morogoro provincial officials and the Tanzanian project team went to various demonstration villages to teach local villagers how to make soy milk. “For local residents in Tanzania, soy milk is a new thing, and it is almost the first time for them to try it.” Tang Lixia told a reporter from China.com that at first, many local residents could not adapt to the taste of soy milk and felt it had a beany smell. So, they put a local spice into it to make “aromatic soy milk”, which immediately became the local “fine drink”. At the suggestion of the China Agricultural University team, local farmers also made soy milk residues into soy products and sold them in local schools, thereby promoting Tanzania’s “Youth Nutrition Program.”
Tang Lixia and her team tasted Tanzania’s local “flavored soy milk”.Photo provided by interviewee
“From relying on the weather before, to now we can not only create an industrial model, but also improve nutritional levels. We are also gratified by the changes in Tanzania.” Tang Lixia, who participated in the “Small and Beautiful” project “Halfway”, said no to Tanzania Out of affection and expectation.
“Build the ‘Belt and Road’ into a ‘road to poverty alleviation’ and a ‘road to growth’, and make positive contributions to the common prosperity of mankind.” In the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia 2021 Annual Conference, President Xi Jinping’s resonant speech was a reflection of The positive response to the poverty reduction goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has also allowed the world to see China’s determination to “dare to tackle difficulties and not be afraid of difficulties” under its “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
In order to solve the “stubborn disease” of the world’s extremely poor people, China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative has used the “small but beautiful” agriculture to achieve “four ounces of weight” transformation. There are not a few such “small but beautiful” agricultural projects in the countries that are jointly building the “Belt and Road”. A reporter from China.com learned that in recent years, China has provided assistance to developing countries in the fields of agriculture, medical care, education and other areas through the “6 100” project, which has played a positive role in helping these countries achieve their poverty reduction goals. Let the world share China’s development achievements and let people around the world gain a solid sense of gain from the “Belt and Road”. This is the original intention of “people-to-people connectivity” and will also be the only way to a community with a shared future for mankind.
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