China’s Partnership with ICRISAT Bears Fruits
December 7, 2007| |
China’s long partnership with the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), aimed at improving crops and natural resources, has resulted to higher incomes and better living conditions for the rural people. This, among other benefits, are being highlighted at the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in Beijing on 3-7 December.
ICRISAT’s collaboration with several Chinese local partners has resulted to the revival of pigeonpea cultivation in the country. Aside from its use as food, farmers from rural areas like Yunnan and Guangxi are now growing the legume to prevent soil erosion, as well as a substrate for mushroom cultivation and fodder for cows and sheeps. The Institute has also worked with Chinese scientists to develop disease resistant groundnut. China remains as Asia’s leading groundnut producer, with more than 14 million tons produced in 2004.
For further information, visit http://www.icrisat.org/media/med2007.htm
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