With support of Chinese ministries, a research center on farming
in Africa has been inaugurated at Nanjing Agricultural University,
east China's Jiangsu Province.
It is the first of the kind in China.
The newly established organization will focus its research on
major theories and issues in practice concerning agricultural
reform and development in Africa. It will provide relevant
departments with consultancy and related services for drafting
policies on Sino-African agricultural cooperation, said the
university sources.
The new center will also host training programs entrusted by
Chinese ministries of education and commerce to assist African
nations via educational efforts, including holding technical
training courses and seminars for government officials on advanced
studies, and training of African students working for bachelor's or
master's degrees in China.
The center will also send Chinese agricultural specialists to
African countries for opening training courses on China's
agro-science, technologies and management expertise.
(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2007)
