CHINESE IN HELP
China's success to feed around one-fifth of the world's population with just 7 percent of the world's arable land is of great value to Africa's quest to end hunger.
To help fight hunger globally, Chinese experts and entrepreneurs have shared their wisdom and experience and help those in need.
In a white paper on food security issued on Monday, China pledged to continuously support other developing countries within the framework of South-South cooperation, and promote the development of global food industry.
Green Agriculture West Africa Company Limited, a Chinese company specializing in seed production, has provided nearly 30,000 tons of improved rice and maize seeds to Nigerian farmers, helping increase local grain output by more than 1 million tons since 2013.
The company has also dispatched experts to help breed high quality millet varieties in Burkina Faso, which lies at the drought-prone Sahel belt.
China has also regularly assisted Zimbabwe with food aid and agricultural technology.
The China-Aid Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center set up in 2012 at Gwebi Agricultural College, 27 km northwest of Harare, has helped numerous local farmers to learn China's sophisticated farming practices and technologies.
"We're no longer suffering from hunger," said 55-year-old Georges Ranaivomanana, a Madagascan farmer who took the lead in planting Chinese seeds in his town of Mahitsy.
He told Xinhua that he hoped that all his compatriots would use the seeds to raise their living standards, and some day, his country might even be able to export rice to help other countries.
