Int'l symposium participants express confidence in China's Juncao technology

STORY: Int'l symposium participants express confidence in China's Juncao technology DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the participants 2. various of Juncao 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ASIMWE L. RWIGUZA, Director of Grazing Land and Animal Feed Resources, Tanzanian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELLY LIGATE, PhD student from Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania STORYLINE: As part of an international symposium on Juncao industry development, 57 foreign participants from 13 countries and two international organizations conducted a field trip in the county of Shunchang, east China's Fujian Province on Sunday and Monday. They visited companies, farms, and exhibition centers, where they expressed confidence in the economic, social, and environmental benefits of Juncao technology. Juncao, which literally means "mushroom" and "grass," can be used to grow edible mushrooms, feed livestock or stop deserti

How China's experience boosts Africa's sustainable development

STORY: How China's experience boosts Africa's sustainable development DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of train running 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Senior international relations and diplomacy researcher at Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ELLY LIGATE, National Juncao technological consultant at Sokoine University of Agriculture 4. various of people learn how to cultivate Juncao 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RITAH KEMIGISHA, Electrical Engineering Student 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Senior international relations and diplomacy researcher at Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs STORYLINE: In spite of abundant resources, a large population and a vast market, Africa is still the world's least developed continent. Sharing a similar underdeveloped past with Africa, China achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating extreme poverty in 2020, improving the living standards o

Chinese Juncao technology spells bright future for Tanzania's mushroom growers

STORY: Chinese Juncao technology spells bright future for Tanzania's mushroom growers DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:49 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: various of a mud house used to grow mushroomvarious of visitors in a mushroom farmvarious of Juncao grassSOUNDBITE 1 (English):BATHSHEBA MCHUZA, Founder and sales officer for Uyogaplus projectSOUNDBITE 2 (English):DR. ELLY LIGATE, National Juncao technological consultant at the Sokoine University of Agriculture STORYLINE: Participants in a workshop held in Tanzania's Dar es Salaam say Chinese Juncao technology spelled a bright future for mushroom growers and livestock keepers in the country. Juncao, meaning "mushroom" and "grass" in Chinese, can be used, as its name suggests, to grow edible and medicinal mushrooms, as livestock feed or as a green barrier to control soil erosion and stop desertification. The Juncao technology has been developed by the National Engineering Research Center for Juncao Technology of the Fujian Ag

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINESE JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY-SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE-WORKSHOP

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-CHINESE JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY-SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE-WORKSHOP

(220311) -- DAR ES SALAAM, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Elly Ligate, a senior lecturer, researcher and national Juncao technological consultant at Sokoine University of Agriculture, shows the Juncao grass during a workshop on "Applications of Juncao Technology and its Contribution to the Achievement of Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals in Tanzania" in Kinondoni District, outskirts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on March 10, 2022. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese Juncao technology spells bright future for Tanzania's mushroom growers