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2023-07-18

"Made for China" emerges as a new trend in imported food

Recently, the Exhibition Merchants Promotion Conference for Food Exhibition Area of the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE), i.e. "Opportunities and Challenges of China's Dairy Industry under RCEP" Forum was held online. Representatives from the government, business, industry, academia, and research sectors were invited to share their thoughts, ideas, and suggestions on "New opportunities brought by RCEP implementation to the dairy industry" for enterprises to seize new opportunities and make fresh progress under the high-level opening up. According to the participants, regional agricultural trade has reached a breakthrough consensus since the implementation of RCEP, and “Made for China” is becoming a new trend in imported food.

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2023-06-20

Ancient agriculture: the rice terraces of the Hani people

More than 1,300 years ago, on the slopes of the Ailao Mountains and South of the Red River, the Hani people began to cultivate rice. The geographical particularity of the region together with the creativity and persistence of the Hani people were a symbiotic combination that gave birth to a cultural landscape that today is considered a UNESCO World Heritage site¹ and an FAO World Agricultural Heritage site².

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2023-06-20

Sowing cooperation for farmers in the South

On the morning of 8 September 2022, the sun began to rise in Recife, Brazil, and illuminated the Government Palace of Pernambuco. Fifteen thousand kilometres away, the same sun was setting in the afternoon in Beijing, over the China Agricultural University. Both places were the scene of an important moment for Brazil's northeastern family farmers. Chinese and Brazilian authorities there signed the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in agricultural mechanisation and energy.

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2023-06-20

Red Star Collective Farm

September 23 is a wonderful day. It is China's Peasants' Harvest Festival, Argentina's National Day of Women's Political Rights (on this day in 1947, women in Argentina got the right to vote), and it is the birthday of Argentine comrade Paula. On such a memorable day, we set off for the Red Star Collective Farm on the outskirts of Beijing.

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2024-01-16

Cooperation in Agricultural Technology between China and Argentina: A pact to improve production and wellbeing of farmers

On January 11, 2024, a cooperation agreement between Argentina and China took place. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding covers areas of cooperation such as genetic improvement, biological inputs, agricultural machinery and equipment, education and training. It aims to outline a concrete work agenda for the development and access to technology for small agricultural producers.

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2024-02-06

Chinese university representatives visit UnB to learn about agricultural development technologies

In September 2023, an MoU establishing a cooperation for a Brazil-China center for research, development, and technology production in mechanization of family agriculture was signed by the University of Brasilia (UnB) and China Agricultural University (CAU).The International Association for Popular Cooperation, Baobab, has established a broader agreement between the countries for economic development and technological collaboration, which includes this particular activity.

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2025-07-16

When Chinese Agricultural Machinery Arrives in Brazil, It Sows More Than Just Seeds

On the vast lands of Brazil, about 77% of agricultural production units are family farms, with tens of millions of farmers bearing the responsibility of feeding the nation. Unlike the highly mechanised agro-industrial systems, around 70% of the food on Brazilians’ tables is produced by smallholder farmers. Yet, these farmers have long faced multiple challenges: outdated farming tools, labour shortages, and stalled land reform. For them, using agricultural machinery is not only a matter of improving productivity—it is also a pursuit of social justice, a form of daily resistance and perseverance. This makes new cooperation and transformation especially urgent and necessary.

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2025-07-30

China in Three Acts: Science

We present an excerpt from the article ‘China in Three Acts’ written by Suzi Huff Theodoro, professor in the Postgraduate Programme in Environment and Rural Development at the University of Brasilia (UnB).

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2026-03-04

The Potential for Breakthroughs and the Contemporary Value of China-Ghana Fisheries Cooperation: Analysis of Precise Alignment between Hubei's Experience and Ghana's Needs(Part I)

Ghana and China share a long-standing historical friendship, with diplomatic relations established 66 years ago. Currently, China is Ghana's largest trading partner and the largest source of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) with the most registered investment projects in Ghana, making it a crucial partner in Ghana's economic transformation.

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2026-03-11

The Potential for Breakthroughs and the Contemporary Value of China-Ghana Fisheries Cooperation: Analysis of Precise Alignment Between Hubei's Experience and Ghana's Needs (Part II)

Hubei Province, known as the "Province of a Thousand Lakes" in China, has a total population of 58.38 million, and its GDP reached US$842.7 billion in 2024. The total area of Hubei Province is 185,900 square kilometers, of which the area of ​​water and tidal flats is 19,254 square kilometers, and the water area for aquaculture is about 12,500 square kilometers (including pond aquaculture area, factory farming area, recreational fishing area, and rice-fish integrated farming area) .