Technical Accumulation of Chinese Hybrid Rice in Africa and Its Sustainable Development
As an important tool to alleviate the problem of food shortage in the world,hybrid rice technology has brought a far-reaching positive impact on China-Africa agricultural cooperation.China-Africa hybrid rice technical cooperation began in the early 1990s,and has now developed from the stage of hybrid rice experimental demonstration and localized breeding to the new stage of localized seed production and the start-up of the whole industry chain cooperation.The hybrid rice whole industrial chain system established by China in Madagascar has effectively alleviated the problem of food shortage in the country,and plays a strong promotion and demonstration role in the transformation and upgrading of China-Africa agricultural technology cooperation.However,the promotion of hybrid rice technical cooperation faces challenges because of the complexity of hybrid rice technology,specifically,including insufficient agricultural investment,lack of farmland water conservancy facilities,lack of agricultural technology talents,insufficient funds for the development of industrial chain,conflicts of interests among different political groups and pressure from the international public opinion environment.But at the same time,the urgency for African countries to establish an independent and controllable food security system,the high compatibility of strategies and policies to improve food production in China and Africa,the new momentum provided by platforms such as the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo and the long-term and complex challenges of China-Africa agricultural cooperation will promote and deepen the gradual development of China-Africa hybrid rice technical cooperation.
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