China Farm (Wuhan) Good-seed Technology Co., Ltd.

Type of Organization

Enterprise

Type of cooperation

Technology transfer, Foreign trade

Region

Asia and the Pacific

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Agricultural production technology

COOPERATION

Type of cooperation

Technology transfer, Foreign trade

Current Cooperating countries

Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ethiopia, Cambodia

Potential Cooperating Countries

Southeast Asian countries and African countries suitable for rice growing

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Summary of Projects and Achievements

In recent years, the company has been actively carrying out international cooperation, following the policy of “Seed Going Out”. With the aid of the national strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative, the company has established sound and stable cooperation with Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, East Malaysia, and other countries or regions, to develop varieties selection, crop seed trade, and assistance projects.

Major SSTC Projects

Pakistan Crop Variety Screening and Demonstration Project

Project period: 2017-present

Location: Punjab Province, Pakistan

Project content:

Since 2017, the company has carried out “going-out” and “bringing-in” cooperation with seed companies of Pakistan. Going-out: twelve rice varieties were selected for trial selection in Pakistan, four of which performed well and one variety has been tested in the national regional trials in Pakistan. Bringing-in: the company has introduced and selected three high temperature resistant and high yield maize varieties from Pakistan. One or two varieties are scheduled to participate in regional trials of Hubei province. The project greatly promoted bilateral agricultural technology exchanges and cooperation between China and Pakistan.

Zimbabwe Drought-resistant Rice screening and Demonstration Project

Project Period: 2019-present

Location: Zimbabwe

Project content:

Two drought-resistant rice varieties were selected and tested in different test sites in Zimbabwe. The yield one variety was significantly higher than the other three local rice varieties. The second year of the experiment is under way. And, it is expected one variety will be registered in the region in the later stage.

Namibia Centre for the Demonstration of Modern Agricultural Technology to Promote Agricultural “Going-out” Project

Project period: 2017-present

Location: Namibia

Project content:

The company actively cooperates with the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and local agricultural enterprises, screening new varieties of corn, rice and potato locally, setting up a high-yield demonstration fields and carrying out the training and promotion of high-yield cultivation techniques. A demonstration system of crop seed breeding (rice, maize and potato) in Namibia has been initially established.