Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members trim flowers at a greenhouse of Tambuzi Limited in Nanyuki, Kenya, May 18, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Guansen)

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Huang Zinan (R), chairwoman of Hunan Xiyue Culture Media Co., Ltd., selects flowers at a factory of Tambuzi Limited, in Nanyuki, Kenya, May 18, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Guansen)

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Huang Zinan (R), chairwoman of Hunan Xiyue Culture Media Co., Ltd., selects flowers at a factory of Tambuzi Limited, in Nanyuki, Kenya, May 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

Xinhua Headlines: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

(240618) -- NAIROBI, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members trim flowers at a greenhouse of Tambuzi Limited in Nanyuki, Kenya, May 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access

STORY: African agriculture thrives with Chinese technology, market access SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:32 LOCATION: Abuja/Kigali/GUIGUIDOU AREA, Cote d'Ivoire/NANYUKI TOWN, Kenya CATEGORY: SOCIETY/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of Abuja 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG MIAO, Director, China-Africa Green Agriculture Development Center 3. Kigali 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NYAMBO OBED, Rwandan entrepreneur 5. various of the Tambuzi flower farm in Kenya 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): PETER NDONGA, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): REGINA WAIRIMU, Sales assistant at Tambuzi flower farm 8. various of Guiguidou area 9. Guiguidou area STORYLINE: In recent years, agricultural cooperation between China and Africa has flourished under the frameworks of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Belt and Road Initiative. Abuja, Nigeria With years of dedicated work, experts from a Chinese company have developed a high-yield rice seed tailored to local conditions i

Kenyan flowers gaining visibility in Chinese market

STORY: Kenyan flowers gaining visibility in Chinese market SHOOTING TIME: June 7, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tambuzi flower farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): PETER NDONGA, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): REGINA WAIRIMU, Sales assistant at Tambuzi flower farm 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): WINFRED GACHENI, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm STORYLINE: The vibrant red roses grown in central Kenya's lush highlands have found an eager new market in China. At the Tambuzi flower farm not far from the capital Nairobi, workers like Peter Ndonga meticulously tend to the blossoming buds. Since 2011, Ndonga and his colleagues have seen the Chinese market become a crucial export destination for Tambuzi's diverse variety of roses. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): PETER NDONGA, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm "The Chinese buyers have been very helpful. They have sustained our work and incomes. This has boosted us as they buy these flower