Will boost agricultural output and food security, improve management of natural resources
Figure: A Chinese expert works with rice farmers in Ghana.
FAO 4 April 2016, Rome - FAO, China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a two‑year agreement worth almost $ 1.5 million aimed at increasing food and nutrition security in the conflict-ravaged African nation.
The deal establishes a new South-South Cooperation (SSC) partnership which will make Chinese technical advice and expertise available to the country's agriculture sector. It was developed via the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme, which was created in 2009 and an additional funding boost from China last year.
SSC projects help developing countries share and transfer knowledge and expertise among themselves, so that innovations and good practices that have been tried and tested elsewhere in the global South can benefit other countries facing similar challenges.
See: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/409129/icode/
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