ChineseToday | Chinese experts contribute to agricultural upgrade in Rwanda

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, 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.

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.

Coordinators: Wang Qingqin, Meng Chenguang, Zhang Haofu

Reporter: Han Xu■