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Kunming, Yunnan Province - A Seminar on Farm Field School by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Poverty Reduction was held on December 13 in Kunming, the capital city of China’s southwest Yunnan Province. Experts in agricultural technology, e-commerce, charity work and communication discussed potential avenues for promoting agriculture development through...

The 4th Conference on China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation (CAACC) was held recently in Haikou, Hainan province in China.  The conference aimed to put into practice the consensus during the Johannesburg Summit of the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), thus accelerating agricultural cooperation between China and Africa. Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in...

Shanghai - On 8 December, more than 170 entrepreneurs, investors, experts, food lovers and media reporters who shared interest in scientific innovation in food technology gathered in co-working space to participate in the second Bits x Bites Harvest Day, a food tech accelerator showcase event. At the event, Vincent Martin, Representative...

Five traditional farming systems in China, Korea and Spain have been designated by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems". These include two sites in Spain which are the first such sites ever to be recognized in Europe– the Malaga Raisin Production System in La Axarquía and the Salt Production System...

At the invitation of the Forestry Department of Hunan Province (FDHP), Vincent Martin, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China and two other delegates visited the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project under the Forestry Department and the West Dongting Lake Nature Reserve from...