The China (Hunan)-Kenya Edible Fungus Technology Exchange and the Matchmaking Conference of Specialty Agricultural Industry were held in Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan Province on December 11.
At the conference.
Several trainees display their certificates.
Participating enterprises exchanged views at the conference, promoting their agricultural products, supply chain systems, and technical management. The CEO of an African agricultural exhibition company invited all participating enterprises to attend the Africa Agri Expo 2024, which will be held in Kenya. A Kenya-based biological organics company explained the conditions of foreign trade between China and Kenya and new growth drivers for the future.
Afterwards, the closing ceremony of the Second Luban Workshop Lecture was held. The organizing committee awarded certificates to twenty Kenyan trainees attending the edible fungus technology exchange activity. The Changsha Commerce and Tourism College was honored with the title of Luban Workshop Lecture Training Center for "Belt and Road" China-Africa Business Talents.
The Luban Workshop is a Chinese supported skill and vocational training project.
Through the exchange activity, Kenyan trainees learned how to plant edible fungi, produce fungi seeds, and cultivate fungi, as well as learning how to build greenhouses and cook edible fungi. Mr. John Shimaka, director of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) and head of the technical exchange team, said that edible fungi have high economic added value, are friendly to the ecological environment, and have huge economic value and market potential in Kenya, and he noted that Kenya is willing to learn Chinese agricultural technologies and accelerate the development of Kenya's agriculture.
Mr. John Shimaka expressed his gratitude to China and hoped to strengthen cooperation with Hunan and China in agricultural science and technology and attract more enterprises to invest in Kenya's agriculture.
A signing ceremony was held during the conference. Kenyan enterprises, including the Patmaella Agencies Ltd., signed agreements with Hunan enterprises on cooperation in edible fungus products, agricultural machinery, and scientific and technology exchanges.
The events were hosted by the China-Africa Economic and Trade Promotion Council and the Yuhua Administration Committee of the Changsha Area of the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.
Translator: Xiao Juan
Chinese source: rednet
