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Mozambique Agriculture benefits from Chinese technology
Luo said, “If they reach our production standards, then they can apply for the demonstration phase.” In the demonstration phase, each farmer will receive three to four hectares of land. With larger scale of plantation, the farmers could generate higher revenue.
Furthermore, Wanbao also provides seeds, fertilizers and agricultural machinery for farmers under contracts, and buys grains they produce after harvest. Now, the local farmers could get a rice yield up to 400 kilograms per mu, increasing from the 100 kilograms before they join the training program.
The cooperative farm production has also grown significantly, with the example of Rudy’s family farm with a harvest of 4.8 tons of rice per hectare (an average yield of 320 kilograms per mu). “Farming is not easy,” Alexandrina Nhiacongue, one of the farmers participating the training told Xinhua, adding that, “the cooperation between the government and the Chinese enterprise works well since we could learn the advanced Chinese technology in agriculture from the technicians.”
The Mozambican technician at the training spot, Nelson Mangate, who graduated from the best university in Mozambique last year, told Xinhua that Wanbao not only provided him with a good job opportunity while most Mozambican youths are facing high unemployment rate, but also a chance for him to learn the Chinese professional agricultural technologies and experience. “The stimulation effect of China’s technology in rice yield is obviously great,” he added.
Source: Daily Times
