Xishuangbanna Jinggu border trade Co., Ltd.

Type of Organization

Enterprise

Type of cooperation

Technology transfer, Capacity building/training, Foreign trade

Region

Asia and the Pacific

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

Agricultural production technology, Pastoralism, Extension and training

COOPERATION

Type of cooperation

Technology transfer, Capacity building/training, Foreign trade

Current Cooperating countries

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Potential Cooperating Countries

The Kingdom of Thailand

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Summary of Projects and Achievements

Established in 1994, Jinggu is one of the early enterprises following the “going out” strategy in Xishuangbanna and has specialized in promoting poppy substitutive planting in Laos. By introducing economic crops such as hybrid rice, maize, cassava etc. and carrying out demonstration and trainings, Jinggu contributes to drug control, improvement of livelihood and wellbeing of local people, and agricultural development in local areas.

Major SSTC Projects

China-Laos Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Park

Duration: 2012 to 2016

Location: Louang Namtha Province, Laos

Activities: The park has costed more than RMB 60 million and the construction area is 3000 mu. Its main activities include:

Poppy substitutive planting promotion:

By selecting and demonstrating new crop varieties, such as rice, porn, potato, cassava etc., the park aims to promote poppy substitutive planting and alternative livelihood for local people. Moreover, it also demonstrates sow farm, cattle breeding farm, and tilapia ponds for the same purpose.

Technical training:

Yunnan Rural Science and Technology Service Center, in conjunction with Xishuangbanna Jinggu Border Trade Co., Ltd., has established a technical training institute of the Park, which mainly aims at supporting scientific and technological management cadres and scientific and technological personnel in 9 provinces of northern Laos to carry out new varieties and new technology promotion and training tasks. Technical trainings on pollution-free aquaculture have also been conducted, with trainings in Laos and Yunnan once a year for each place.

Results:

60 new crop varieties are selected, and the plantation area reaches 395,000 mu
The sow farm raises 350 sows annually, with an average annual production of more than 8,000 piglets. It helps 1,000 farmers raise more than 7,000 commercial pigs, with annual sales of more than RMB 1.2 million and a farmer’s output value of more than RMB 11 million.
The cattle farm has 500 fattening cattle fed annually and an output value of RMB 4 million.
Tilapia demonstration ponds have benefited farmers of 62 villages in 5 counties.

Construction of training base for Laos agricultural science and technology demonstration park in Yunnan Province

Project duration: August 2017 to August 2020

Location: Laos

Activities:

Training

Jinggu has trained young and middle-aged key technical talents for Laos, transfered advanced and applicable technologies of Yunnan Province, carried out scientific and technological training in various forms, and carried out long-term, medium-term and short-term training and demonstration combination.

Establishment of a tissue culture laboratory

Jinggu has expanded and improved the tissue culture laboratory, which is used to carry out the tissue culture of indigo, potato and medicinal plants.

Demonstration of advanced tissue culture technology

The cultivation of Sacha Inchi, potato, medicinal materials and other tissue culture was carried out by farmers with the guidance of technical counselors.

Results:

The training base has trained 2500-3000 people in 3 years. A 2000 sm2 laboratory has been built, as well as a 500 mu demonstration base.