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After watching "Mountains and Seas" in one breath, the editor was very excited: the fungus and grass that played a magical role in China's poverty alleviation were finally well known!
Fungal grass is an herb that can be used to cultivate edible or medicinal fungi, can also be used to prevent soil erosion, and can also be used as feed, organic fertilizer, biomass energy, etc., proper environmental protection and prosperity.
This is a fungal grass planted on a beach in the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone in Fujian Province for windproof and sand fixation (drone photo taken on July 25, 2019). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Shanchuan
However, you may not know that the fungal and grass technology independently developed by China has not only helped the arid and poor areas in China to get rid of poverty, but also has long gone overseas and taken root in the world.
So, which countries have been "planted" by us? Please look at the reports brought by Xinhua reporters from all over the world --
Papua New Guinea
PNG is located near the equator in the upper Pacific Ocean. In 1997, at the invitation of the Government of Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands, Lin Zhanxi, a researcher at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University – yes, the prototype of Professor Ling Yinong in "Mountains and Seas"— led the team to establish a demonstration site for fungal and grass technology in the local area.
Breeding, production, demonstration, training... From 1997 to the present, the Chinese expert group has been rotated several times and still insists on taking root in the local area. Over the past 20 years, more than 700 farmers have participated in the cultivation of fungal grass. Fungus grass is affectionately called "Chinese grass" by the local people.
Lin Yingxing, head of the expert group of China's PNG Mushroom Grass Upland Rice Project, told Xinhua news agency that The Eastern Highlands Province has listed fungal grass and dry rice as the second and third largest industries after coffee to develop. In addition to Eastern Highlands, fungal grass and upland rice cultivation techniques have been extended to other PNG provinces such as Chinpo, Giwaka, Morrobe, West Highlands and Central.
Rwanda
On September 9, 2020, in Kigali, Rwanda, Emmanuel Ashimana inspected a bag of bacteria. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Cyril Enderga)
In 2006, mycological and grass experts from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in China came to Rwanda to start the mycocus technical cooperation project. As of the end of 2020, they have held 47 training courses on fungus and grass, directly trained more than 1,800 local agricultural technicians, agricultural technology leaders and farmers, and also supported more than 50 Rwandan enterprises, cooperatives, and self-employed households to produce edible mushroom bags.
Emmanuel Ashimana, who runs a mushroom breeding workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, said he currently employs more than 30 people to produce bags and use them to grow mushrooms. During the harvest season, Ashimana has to hire more people.
"Growing edible mushrooms using the fungus technique is now a lucrative business in Rwanda, which is very helpful for people to get out of poverty," said Ashmana, who used to worry about food and clothing for the whole family, "I have 4 children, the income from the fungus technology, in addition to the children's tuition and living expenses, I can save some funds to continue to grow my business." Chinese herb technique has benefited me and many others. ”
Middle Africa
On December 1, 2019, in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, the President of the Central African Republic, Tuvadra (front left), awarded the Commander's Medal to Lin Zhanxi (front right), the inventor of fungal herb technology. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Tian Yutong)
The China-Africa Fungal Grass Technology Project was launched in March 2019. With the help of Chinese experts, the production line of fungal mushroom bags has been initially completed, and the Chinese and African trainees participating in the project have successfully cultivated varieties such as oyster mushroom, grass mushroom, bamboo mushroom and so on in the local area.
When the project was just landed, President Tuvadra said that the people of China and Africa have always been the beneficiaries of pragmatic cooperation between the two countries in various fields, and the Chinese working group has come to China and Africa to teach fungus and grass technology, opening up a new path for the development of agriculture in China and Africa, which will effectively promote poverty reduction and employment, enhance food safety and improve people's income.
Fiji
On June 12, 2018, in Nadi, Fiji, Chinese experts and local employees inspected the growth of mushrooms. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yongxing
In Fiji, fungal grass is known as "Chinese grass" or "sacred grass". Since its introduction in 2014, the fungal herb technology has taken root, blossomed and borne fruit in Fiji, bringing tangible benefits to Fijian farmers, helping them to reduce poverty and become rich, and also contributing to the sustainable development of agriculture in the country.
Lin Zhansen, head of the Chinese Technical Expert Group in Fiji, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the fungus and grass technical cooperation project has opened up a new way for Fiji to increase employment, increase farmers' income, protect the environment, deal with climate change and sustainable development. The project has become an important demonstration base for the fungal and grass industry in island countries in the South Pacific region.
According to reports, after continuous exploration and practice, the expert group ended the history of Fiji's inability to produce edible and medicinal mushrooms, and built a 2-hectare demonstration area for the recycling of mango orchards and a 1-hectare training demonstration production and processing area. At the same time, it has also built a production line of fungal grass feed and a production line of simple fungal grass mushrooms, and successfully carried out the experimental demonstration production of 11 varieties of fungal grass ganoderma lucidum and mao fungus.
Growing mushrooms using fungal techniques is benefiting more and more Fijian farmers. As of October 2019, there are more than 600 farmers participating in the cultivation of mushrooms in Fiji, and the cultivation of mushrooms as forage has been promoted to more than 550 households. After the income of farmers increased, some prepared to build new houses, some bought land to plant economic trees, and some helped solve the problem of tuition fees for their families.
Madagascar
The Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar and the National Engineering Research Center for Fungi and Grass of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University have cooperated since 2017, and then officially introduced giant fungus grass species from China to breed locally, and as of 2020, 12 technicians have been trained locally.
In January 2020, Desiré, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture of Madagascar, said at a workshop on the technical capacity building of fungi and grass held in Antananarivo, the capital of Malaysia, that the problem of insufficient protein contained in feed has long plagued Malagasy livestock practitioners, and the cultivation of fungal grass can effectively solve this problem. Herb technology helps Madagascar accelerate its achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Listed as a China-UN Peace and Development Fund project, the fungus technology has been extended to more than 100 countries and regions on five continents, becoming an important agricultural technology for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and providing the "China Plan".
Source: Xinhua International Headline WeChat public account