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China's Juncao technology sows seeds of hope in Africa

Fatime Abba Rekya picks mushrooms in her own mushroom shed in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. Fatime Abba Rekya learns Juncao technology on a training class in Bangui in 2022. Since the 1980s, Lin Zhanxi, a professor of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, has led a research team on Juncao technology in China's southeastern Fujian Province. Juncao means "mushroom" and "grass" in Chinese. Its versatility is a key feature, allowing it to grow edible mushrooms, provide livestock feed and help battle desertification. Since the 1990s, China has shared the technology with over 100 countries by opening training classes and conducting on-site demonstrations. By now, Juncao technology has taken root in more than 40 African countries, helping African farmers combat poverty and promoting cooperation between China and Africa. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Juncao technology sows seeds of hope in Africa

Fatime Abba Rekya checks bags of mycelium in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. Fatime Abba Rekya learns Juncao technology on a training class in Bangui in 2022. Since the 1980s, Lin Zhanxi, a professor of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, has led a research team on Juncao technology in China's southeastern Fujian Province. Juncao means "mushroom" and "grass" in Chinese. Its versatility is a key feature, allowing it to grow edible mushrooms, provide livestock feed and help battle desertification. Since the 1990s, China has shared the technology with over 100 countries by opening training classes and conducting on-site demonstrations. By now, Juncao technology has taken root in more than 40 African countries, helping African farmers combat poverty and promoting cooperation between China and Africa. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Juncao technology sows seeds of hope in Africa

Fatime Abba Rekya is pictured at an edible mushroom cultivation workshop she established in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. Fatime Abba Rekya learns Juncao technology on a training class in Bangui in 2022. Since the 1980s, Lin Zhanxi, a professor of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, has led a research team on Juncao technology in China's southeastern Fujian Province. Juncao means "mushroom" and "grass" in Chinese. Its versatility is a key feature, allowing it to grow edible mushrooms, provide livestock feed and help battle desertification. Since the 1990s, China has shared the technology with over 100 countries by opening training classes and conducting on-site demonstrations. By now, Juncao technology has taken root in more than 40 African countries, helping African farmers combat poverty and promoting cooperation between China and Africa. Photo by Han Xu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY-WOMEN LIVELIHOOD

(240308) -- BANGUI, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fatime Abba Rekya picks mushrooms in her own mushroom shed in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's Juncao technology improves livelihood of women in Central African Republic" (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY-WOMEN LIVELIHOOD

(240308) -- BANGUI, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fatime Abba Rekya checks bags of mycelium in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's Juncao technology improves livelihood of women in Central African Republic" (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY-WOMEN LIVELIHOOD

(240308) -- BANGUI, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Fatime Abba Rekya picks mushrooms in her own mushroom shed in Damara, the Central African Republic, Feb. 6, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: China's Juncao technology improves livelihood of women in Central African Republic" (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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China's Juncao technology improves livelihood of women in Central African Republic

STORY: China's Juncao technology improves livelihood of women in Central African Republic SHOOTING TIME: Feb 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Bangui CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fatime harvesting mushrooms 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): FATIME ABBA REKYA, Mushroom farm owner 3. various of the Institute for Agricultural Research in CAR 4. various of Irene Dombeti working 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): IRENE DOMBETI, Laboratory technician of the Institute for Agricultural Research in CAR STORYLINE: In the Central African Republic (CAR), Fatima Kira Aba is a boss lady. About six years ago, she was an ordinary woman struggling to survive in the war-torn Central African country before traveling to China to study Juncao, a Chinese-invented technology using grass to grow mushrooms. Developed by the National Engineering Research Centre of the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) of China, Juncao technology has allowed smallholder farmers to grow mushrooms from dried, c

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Chinese Juncao technology brings hope to mushroom growers in Central African Republic

STORY: Chinese Juncao technology brings hope to mushroom growers in Central African Republic DATELINE: July 27,2022 LENGTH: 00:06:34 LOCATION: Bangui CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of Bangui 2. various of Juncao field 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN KEHUA, Project manager 4. various of the Institute for Agricultural Research 5. various of different mushrooms cultivated by Chinese experts 6. various of a vocational school on the outskirts of Bangui 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): IWANO, Student in agriculture 8. various of a cooperative 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): EMMA POUNEKROZOU, Owner of KASHAO cooperative 10. various of a mushroom workshop 11. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): FATIME ABBA REKYA, Mushroom producer STORYLINE: China's Juncao project has been benefitting the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2021 when it was introduced in the country. Juncao, which literally means "mushroom" and "grass," can be used, as its name suggests, to grow edible mushrooms, as livestock feed or as a green barrier

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-BANGUI-CHINESE JUNCAO TECHNOLOGY

(220726) -- BANGUI, July 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fatime Abba Rekya, 40, an agronomist and mushroom producer, checks the mycelium bags on the outskirts of Bangui, Central African Republic, on May 31, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese Juncao technology brings hope to mushroom growers in Central African Republic" (Xinhua/Luo Yu)