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) -- Bathsheba Mchuza, founder and sales officer for Uyogaplus project, shows the growing of mushroom 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

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) -- Participants visits Uyogaplus Farm 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