A friend recently sent me a Bloomberg article about China’s efforts to diversify agricultural imports. The idea is to lessen the reliance on the US in anticipation of trade friction under the Trump administration. Central and South Americans seem to be on the way to becoming the major winners. They have a surplus of agricultural products that China imports, ...

The year 2024 has witnessed significant milestones in China-Zimbabwe cooperation in the agriculture sector, a cornerstone of Zimbabwe’s economy. Trade between the two sides increased, while China’s support for Zimbabwe’s technical expertise and human resources development in the agriculture sector also expanded. According to the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency, a national investment promotion body, ...

By Nura Mohammed, Minna As part of its plans to increase agricultural production and reduce post-harvest losses, the Niger State Government in north-central Nigeria has partnered with Chinese Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) facilities in Chengdu, Mianyang, and Deyang City, all located in Sichuan Province. This collaboration seeks to acquire advanced knowledge and improve the ...

Westfalia Fruit’s first export of avocados from South Africa to China arrived in Shanghai last week. The first container exported by the multinational supplier arrived on October 8, when Shanghai customs conducted an inspection, the company announced in a statement. The container will be featured at the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) in November, ...

Dylan Zhang (5th L), sales manager at Sincerity International Group, poses for a group photo with local farmers at a general machine dealer promotion event in Nakuru county, Kenya, July 26, 2024. (Xinhua) NAIROBI, In the heart of Naro Moru, about 173 kilometers from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, a Chinese-made plough has transformed how farmer Peter ...

Representatives from Allmech recently visited the global Wenzhou Runxin Manufacturing Machine Co., headquartered in China, to experience the latest technological developments and decide which new products to bring to the local market. Allmech is a leading South African manufacturer of boilers and supplier of water treatment components and the only authorised South African agent for ...

A view of Oriental Industrial Park in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia on August 2, 2023 Photo: Tu Lei/GT “‘It smells so good! I can’t believe that the biscuits are made of pure millet!’ This is always what our African partners would say when they visit our millet processing plant in Burkina Faso,” Zhao Hanqing, deputy ...

Amb. Bernard Oshi, of Ben-10 equipment, says the visit of Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State to the Republic of China is intended to revolutionize the state’s agricultural sector. The governor’s visit was facilitated by Oshi and Mr Xu Xianrui, Managing Director of Works Nigeria Company Limited. Briefing newsmen on Friday in Katsina, Oshi, who ...

A volunteer grinds coffee beans with children during a hands-on experience session at the Ethiopia pavilion of a permanent exhibition hall of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Innovation Demonstration Park in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, Aug. 30, 2024. Various activities promoting youth communication between China and Africa were organized here during the ...

Zhang Hongyan explains wheat management techniques to African students in a wheat field in Quzhou county, Handan, Hebei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A group of African students studying at China Agricultural University have recently been busy conducting research and learning techniques in Quzhou county, Handan, Hebei province. The 15 students from China Agricultural University ...