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Sowing new seeds for China-Africa agricultural co-operation
In Uganda, where over 70 per cent of the population rely on agriculture for livelihood, the China-Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations-Uganda South-South Co-operation Programme was launched in 2012 to build capacity on poverty reduction and improve food security.
Chinese rice expert Zheng Ruijin (2nd R) instructs as farmers transplant rice seedlings at a paddy field in Huye District, Rwanda, Aug. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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Enhancing food security. China produces about one-fifth of the world's food on 9 percent of its arable land. Africa, with 65 percent of the world's uncultivated