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The 2025 DuoDuo Smart Agriculture Competition was officially launched yesterday, presenting participating teams with the central challenge: developing methodologies to cultivate premium-quality, high-yield strawberry varieties while simultaneously enhancing profitability. Since 2020, Pinduoduo had successfully held four sessions of the Smart Agriculture Competition, each progressively exploring facility agriculture, vertical farming, and AI-intervened...

On 7 May 2025, Carlos Aldeco, the FAO Representative in China, met with Wu Kongming, the President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), to discuss deepening collaboration in agricultural innovation and sustainable development. President Wu Kongming commended the long-standing partnership between FAO and CAAS. He noted that FAO and CAAS...

On 24 April 2025, Carlos Aldeco, the FAO Representative in China, met with Liu Xiaonan, Vice Administrator of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (NAFRA) of China, and had a thorough discussion on the deepening cooperation between FAO and NAFRA in ensuring food security and sustainable agricultural development. Liu Xiaonan...

On 11 April 2025, Carlos Aldeco, the FAO Representative in China, had a meeting with Li Yunqing, the Vice Administrator of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) of China. Li Yunqing extended his congratulations to Carlos Aldeco on his official appointment as the FAO Representative in China and welcomed him...

Chengdu, 24 March 2025 — The 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Chengdu Launching Week officially began this morning at the China-Europe Center in Chengdu. Supported by the Project on Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development of Agrifood Systems in China - a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...