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Beijing - China Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Vincent Martin, has called for increased collaboration between FAO, member governments, and other development partners to help achieve the poverty alleviation and rural development goals of the Belt and Road Initiative. Vincent Martin made the opening...

Beijing - A launching meeting of the Ninth Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Conference was held at Renmin University. More than 100 government leaders, experts, scholars, journalists and farmers participated in the meeting. Prof. Wen Tiejun from Renmin University; Dr. Vincent Martin, Representative of FAO in China; Mr. Ji Shaoqin, Director...

Kunming, Yunnan Province - A Seminar on Farm Field School by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Poverty Reduction was held on December 13 in Kunming, the capital city of China’s southwest Yunnan Province. Experts in agricultural technology, e-commerce, charity work and communication discussed potential avenues for promoting agriculture development through...

The 4th Conference on China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation (CAACC) was held recently in Haikou, Hainan province in China.  The conference aimed to put into practice the consensus during the Johannesburg Summit of the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), thus accelerating agricultural cooperation between China and Africa. Vincent Martin, FAO Representative in...

Shanghai - On 8 December, more than 170 entrepreneurs, investors, experts, food lovers and media reporters who shared interest in scientific innovation in food technology gathered in co-working space to participate in the second Bits x Bites Harvest Day, a food tech accelerator showcase event. At the event, Vincent Martin, Representative...