Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience
Africa has experienced increasing aridity and higher frequency of droughts due to climate change during the half past century with possible adverse effects on agricultural production, especially in dry areas with low rainfall. Under the auspices of the Africa Water Action Program between the Chinese...
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| description | Africa has experienced increasing aridity and higher frequency of droughts due to climate change during the half past century with possible adverse effects on agricultural production, especially in dry areas with low rainfall. Under the auspices of the Africa Water Action Program between the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS-IAER) worked closely with domestic and overseas partners on technology transfer in Morocco, Zambia, Egypt, Niger and Ethiopia from 2008 to 2013. A drought early warning system has been established and validated, and drought adaptation technologies have been trialed, modified, demonstrated and extended in African countries, and this shows great potential to increase crop production, water and fertilizer use efficiency and desert control in rainfed areas of Africa. The project has continued for six years and is a successful case of technology transfer and capacity building in Africa. The knowledge and experience gained will be useful to researchers, technicians, aid agencies and policy makers who work on agricultural technology transfer for in dry areas of Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bfecdbd7e4542e1a8e23bee77a6e9772023-07-05T10:05:33ZengHigher Education PressFrontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering2095-75052020-12-017444045410.15302/J-FASE-2020353Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experienceQiuxia MENG, Jianjie ZHANG, Wenyan XIE, Huaiping ZHOU, Qiang ZHANG01. College of Resources and Environment, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China;2. Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taiyuan 030031, China;3. Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, ChinaAfrica has experienced increasing aridity and higher frequency of droughts due to climate change during the half past century with possible adverse effects on agricultural production, especially in dry areas with low rainfall. Under the auspices of the Africa Water Action Program between the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS-IAER) worked closely with domestic and overseas partners on technology transfer in Morocco, Zambia, Egypt, Niger and Ethiopia from 2008 to 2013. A drought early warning system has been established and validated, and drought adaptation technologies have been trialed, modified, demonstrated and extended in African countries, and this shows great potential to increase crop production, water and fertilizer use efficiency and desert control in rainfed areas of Africa. The project has continued for six years and is a successful case of technology transfer and capacity building in Africa. The knowledge and experience gained will be useful to researchers, technicians, aid agencies and policy makers who work on agricultural technology transfer for in dry areas of Africa.https://academic.hep.com.cn/fase/fileup/2095-7505/PDF/27592/1593324308848-119064000.pdfdrought|early warning|adaptation technology|china|united nations environment program|africa |
| spellingShingle | Qiuxia MENG, Jianjie ZHANG, Wenyan XIE, Huaiping ZHOU, Qiang ZHANG Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering drought|early warning|adaptation technology|china|united nations environment program|africa |
| title | Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience |
| title_full | Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience |
| title_fullStr | Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience |
| title_short | Chinese agricultural technology transfer to African typical dry areas: practice and experience |
| title_sort | chinese agricultural technology transfer to african typical dry areas practice and experience |
| topic | drought|early warning|adaptation technology|china|united nations environment program|africa |
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