During August 12th and 16th , the delegation of Ethiopian Irrigation projects for small farmers led by Doc. Teklu Tesfaye, senior executive of the World Bank visited LZU, conducted cooperation projects with the research group led by Pro. Xiong Youcai and finished field trip and skill training. On the morning of 16th , Pro. He Deyan, principal assistant visited the group in the VIP room of Yifu scientific museum, accompanied by Wang Geng, the director of second office of international organization of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Mr.He expressed welcome to the group led by Doc. Teklu Tesfaye and introduced the history and basic information of LZU. He said that in the past few years, LZU’s research group in arid agricultural ecology has made great progress in conducting cooperative research and technological demonstration in rain-fed agriculture on dry land and small and micro irrigation in Kenya and Ethiopia, and relevant research achievements can be transformed into productivity. China and Ethiopia enjoyed a time-honored friendship. Moreover, northwest China and Ethiopia are highly common in the type of weather, land and agricultural structure. The two countries enjoy great potential for cooperation. He hoped to further strengthen the cooperation with the World Bank to better benefit Ethiopia and other African countries.
Doc.Teklu Tesfaye highly appraised the progress and achievements that LZU has made in acid agriculture. After several days’ visit, he thought that the best practice of the development of the water-saving irrigation on dry land and the high-efficiency use of rain in the northeast China can also be of great significance to the food security and irrigation development of acid area in Ethiopia and even the whole Africa. He said that the World Bank will continue to conduct a series of projects like capacity building, technological transfer and poverty alleviation. All these projects demonstrate a bright prospect for LZU in cooperation. Besides, Doc. Elias Awol Mohammed, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Ethiopia and Doc. Sofiya Kassa Muhaba, project coordinator said that the water-saving and irrigation technology in acid land of China’s northwest shares the characteristic of low consumption, high efficiency and simple operation, which is suitable for the situation in Ethiopia and enjoys high value for promotion. They also expressed the expectation for further cooperation with LZU.
(Translated by: Sun Lianyue; proofread by: Yang Han; edited by: Zhang Yuyuan;)