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Exploring China’s Role in Fighting Poverty and Food Insecurity in Guinea-Bissau
Since 1998, the Chinese government has partnered with the Guinea-Bissau Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement the Sino-Guinea-Bissau Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project (ATCP). Operating in two-year implementation phases, the overarching objective of this intervention was to strengthen agricultural development ...
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Malawi Farmers To Chinese Agricultural Advisors: “Yes We Need the Expertise, but Not All of It”
At one technical cooperation farm in Malawi the usual donor-recipient relationship was turned on its head when Chinese agricultural experts found something to learn from the farm’s management. A blank slate approach towards the project site can undervalue the efficiency of the project, as has been shown ...
A Critical Look at Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Africa
The Chinese take a very different approach to their agricultural development programs in Africa compared to those of traditional donors. Rather a conventional aid model, China instead built dozens of centers in countries across the continent that bring together Chinese technical ...
China’s Unconventional Agricultural Assistance in Zambia
Daisy Kambandu, the country program manager for the Chinese-run Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center (ATDC) in Zambia, joins Eric & Cobus to discuss China's unconventional approach to agricultural assistance. In contrast to most traditional aid programs, ATDCs like the one near Lusaka ...
China’s Been Doing Agricultural Development in Africa For 10+ Years. Is it Helping?
China’s approach to agricultural assistance in Africa differs markedly from those of other donors from Japan, Europe and the United States. While other countries frame their development programs under the larger of “aid,” the Chinese instead go out of their way ...
An Iranian man shouts anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans while standing in front of a portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rally to pledge allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei amid the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto) (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
By Amanda Chen One week into the war triggered by the American-Israeli joint offensive on Iran launched on Saturday, February 28, Tehran’s retaliation has already expanded from targeting U.S. military assets to striking Gulf energy and civilian infrastructure. On March 7, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly apologized to ...
Exploring China’s Role in Fighting Poverty and Food Insecurity in Guinea-Bissau
Since 1998, the Chinese government has partnered with the Guinea-Bissau Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement the Sino-Guinea-Bissau Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project (ATCP). Operating in two-year implementation phases, the overarching objective of this intervention was to strengthen agricultural development ...
Malawi Farmers To Chinese Agricultural Advisors: “Yes We Need the Expertise, but Not All of It”
At one technical cooperation farm in Malawi the usual donor-recipient relationship was turned on its head when Chinese agricultural experts found something to learn from the farm’s management. A blank slate approach towards the project site can undervalue the efficiency of the project, as has been shown ...
A Critical Look at Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Africa
The Chinese take a very different approach to their agricultural development programs in Africa compared to those of traditional donors. Rather a conventional aid model, China instead built dozens of centers in countries across the continent that bring together Chinese technical ...
China’s Unconventional Agricultural Assistance in Zambia
Daisy Kambandu, the country program manager for the Chinese-run Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center (ATDC) in Zambia, joins Eric & Cobus to discuss China's unconventional approach to agricultural assistance. In contrast to most traditional aid programs, ATDCs like the one near Lusaka ...
China’s Been Doing Agricultural Development in Africa For 10+ Years. Is it Helping?
China’s approach to agricultural assistance in Africa differs markedly from those of other donors from Japan, Europe and the United States. While other countries frame their development programs under the larger of “aid,” the Chinese instead go out of their way ...
China’s Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers: Do They Help Africa’s Food Security Needs?
As COVID-19 spreads across the African continent, an African Union report has suggested that the outbreak could lead to a serious food security crisis in Africa, with as estimated 2.6% to 7% decline in agricultural production predicted for 2020. The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has ...
Reflections on a Decade of Chinese Agricultural Engagement in Mozambique
It’s almost common knowledge that China is one of the main development partners of African countries. Like the other economic powerhouses of the world, China is implementing China-Africa partnerships, where, currently, the more visible interventions are related to infrastructure projects. ...
Why China Needs to Do a Better Job in Monitoring and Evaluating Its Agricultural Development Projects in Africa
Since I started working for a non-profit organization, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is: “so, if you’re giving out free money, how do you measure your success and failure?” This, of course, is a fair and relevant ...
Malawian Farmers Need More Than Just Training to Boost Crop Yields
Drive 35km south from Salima town, in the central region of Malawi you will see a signpost on the side of the road that reads “China Aid Malawi Agriculture Technology Development Centre”. And then you drive another 500 meters from ...