{"id":12677,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/china-seeks-to-deepen-relations-with-africa-in-agricultural-development\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:22:52","slug":"china-seeks-to-deepen-relations-with-africa-in-agricultural-development","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/china-seeks-to-deepen-relations-with-africa-in-agricultural-development\/","title":{"rendered":"La Chine cherche \u00e0 approfondir ses relations avec l'Afrique dans le domaine du d\u00e9veloppement agricole"},"content":{"rendered":"China has stepped up efforts to deepen collaboration with Africa in the area of agricultural development with the exploration of cooperation with IITA.\n\nChina\u2019s Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), the agency that is promoting the collaboration with IITA, sees the partnership as a win-win situation for both China and Africa, as the latter seeks ways to improve food security and create jobs for the growing youth population.\n
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IITA\u2019s Alfred Dixon (in hat) briefing the CATAS delegation from China.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nUnder the proposed framework for CATAS and IITA collaboration, both parties agree to work together on crop improvement especially cassava, banana\/plantain, spices, vegetables and cocoa. The framework will also see Africa-China student and researcher exchange programs that will engender learning and capacity development.\n\nOther areas include but are not limited to germplasm exchange and upstream research such as the development of molecular markers, genomics, mechanization, and breeding of cassava resistant to cassava mosaic disease and cold tolerant cassava varieties.\n\nThe IITA-CATAS collaboration is part of IITA\u2019s strategy to deepen partnership between the North and South.\n\nReceiving a delegation from CATAS in IITA on Thursday, Alfred Dixon, representing DG Nteranya Sanginga, said the proposal for joint cooperation was a step in the right direction.\n\n\u201cWe are excited over this development and we want to work with you,\u201d he said. Sanginga pledged IITA\u2019s commitment to work with CATAS to help China fight the scourge of crop pests such as cassava mosaic disease that is economically important to both China and Africa.\n\nThe leader of the Chinese delegation, Wang Jiabao, a Deputy Secretary-General of CATAS said his organization was excited to visit IITA and proposed that both IITA and CATAS initiate joint proposal development in areas of mutual interest that would attract international funding from China and elsewhere for agricultural development.\n\n\u201cWe hope this cooperation will benefit both IITA and CATAS,\u201d Jiabao said.\n\nJiabao was accompanied by Ou Wenjun, an expert in cassava cultivation from CATAS\u2019 cassava center; Dang Xuanmin, an expert in vegetable breeding and cultivation from CATAS\u2019 tropical vegetable center; and John Wen, Manager of the marketing department of Green Agriculture West Africa Ltd (GAWAL).\n\nIn Nigeria, IITA and CATAS will be working with GAWAL\u2014a private Chinese agricultural firm\u2014on several agricultural issues. GAWAL has also offered to serve as a link between IITA and other Chinese agricultural solution providers.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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