The road to BRICS agricultural cooperation is getting wider and wider

Agriculture has a special status in the BRICS countries and directly related to the livelihood of 42%of the world's population. In recent years, the BRICS countries have continuously explored and constructed a long -term stable cooperation mechanism, focusing on food safety and poverty reduction, strengthening knowledge sharing and technological exchanges in agricultural production and technological innovation, deepening the practical cooperation of agricultural business, and achieved fruitful results.

In 2021, the total amount of agricultural trade with BRICS and other countries reached 588.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 128%over 2010. The international status of BRICS agriculture has continued to increase, accounting for more than half of the world's total agricultural product value. Agricultural science and technology cooperation has been promoted and promoted, and the cooperation mechanism has been continuously improved. BRICS agricultural cooperation has contributed to global food security and injects the motivation for the economic recovery of the post -epidemic era.

Advantages complement each other to show full toughness

In March of this year, the Sui Nong 42 and Henong 95 soybean varieties cultivated by the Suihua Branch of Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Jiamusi Branch officially obtained the registration of the Russian National Variety Registration Committee, and were included in the Russian national variety access catalog.

China is both the main soybean producer and the world's largest soybean importer. Strengthening the mutually beneficial and win -win cooperation of soybeans will not only help meet China's consumer needs, but also help promote the development of the Russian soybean industry. In June 2019, China and Russia signed a development plan for deepening soybean cooperation, and reached important consensus on expanding soybean trade and deepening the integration of planting, processing, logistics, sales, and scientific research. Two months later, the first batch of more than 4,400 tons of Russian soybeans arrived in Nantong, Jiangsu, and opened a new chapter of Sino -Russian soybeans.

"We are very willing to cooperate closely with Chinese partners to increase the total amount of production and processing soybean products." Said Andrevic, the director of the Export Development Director of the Export Development Division of the former Federal Agricultural Union Federation of Agriculture.

Soybean trade is a microcosm of agricultural mutual benefit between China and Russia. In 2021, the total amount of agricultural trade between China and Russia was US $ 5.556 billion, an increase of 7.74%year -on -year. "In recent years, agriculture has become a new growth point for cooperation between Russia and China. Our cooperation with China is mutually beneficial." Said Andre Boklev, the head of the Russian Industrialist and Entrepreneurs Alliance District Branch.

China is also the largest buyer of Brazilian soybeans, beef and chicken. Jean Tarun, a special advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the agricultural trade of Pakistan and China is "vital". "In 2021, Brazil's exports of agriculture in China exceeded 45 billion US dollars. The complementarity of the trade between the two countries benefited Brazil's grain agricultural industry. Brazil is strengthening the image of the product according to the demand of the Chinese market to achieve diversified exports."

Ronnie Link, director of the Brazil China Issues Research Center and economist, said that the BRICS countries have broad space for cooperation in the field of agriculture. On the one hand, natural resources such as the climate, environment, land, and fishery of BRICS five countries are rich in natural resources. It has about 50%of the world's irrigation area, nearly 40%of the grain production area, and the population and market size of about 3.2 billion. Cooperation natural foundation and market foundation; on the other hand, the BRICS countries are large agricultural powers, and the market matching is high. "In the post -epidemic era, agricultural cooperation in the BRICS countries will continue to make important contributions to the global grain crisis."

Talent training promotes high -quality development

In 1994, Indian fishery expert Abigig Cher Saho visited China for the first time and participated in the fourteenth international training course hosted by the Danshui Fisheries Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Aquatic Sciences. "This training completely changed my life trajectory. At that time, China provided me with a full scholarship, and encouraged me to use the knowledge technology I learned to help India farmers after returning to India." For more than 20 years, Saho has been committed to being committed to it. Strengthening fishery cooperation between India and China, and teaching Indian students how to apply Chinese fishery technology in India to introduce his successful experience. Saho told reporters that many Indian students successfully introduced China's comprehensive fish farming model and increased their income.

"Chinese practice proves that aquaculture is an important way to help people get rid of poverty and become rich. Many Indian officials have experienced experience in this field in China." Said Placash Singh Badar, the chief minister of Punjab, India. In 2014, Badal visited China and visited multiple aquaculture farms, feed factories and freshwater fishery research centers in Wuxi. The local development was impressed by Badal, and it also prompted him to sign a memorandum of supporting the student exchange plan with China.

Over the years, the Tamsui Fishery Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Aquatic Sciences has trained more than 40 experts in the fisheries fields for India through various types of technical aid training courses. After the BRICS cooperation mechanism was launched, the research center specially organized training programs for India, which strongly promoted fishery production cooperation and development of both parties.

Under the framework of the BRICS countries, the five countries have strengthened joint training projects to cultivate professional talents for the modernization of agricultural and rural areas in various countries. As of the end of 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Ministry of Agriculture and Rurality has trained 295 agricultural technology and managers in South Africa, involving rice planting, agricultural machinery production and application, plant protection, renewable energy utilization, aquaculture and fishery management; Chinese agriculture The university, the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the scientific research institutions have trained more than 50 doctoral and master students in South Africa.

In recent years, the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences has also carried out training services for agricultural enterprises between China and Russia, inviting experts from the two countries to set up online and offline lectures to teach soybean efficient planting technology. In the next step, the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences plans to cooperate with Russian to establish a good breed breeding base, further deepen the cooperation of science and enterprises, and promote the excellent varieties of Chinese soybeans. "BRICS countries are developed countries in various regions. It shoulders the heavy responsibility of promoting poverty alleviation cooperation and maintaining food safety. Talent exchanges and technical cooperation are crucial." Saho said, "China has focused on promoting the development of agriculture and rural areas, and solved 14 to solve 14 and resolve 14 The grain security issues of more than 100 million people have provided valuable experience for other BRICS countries, and laid a solid foundation for the exchange and cooperation of BRICS talents. "

Innovative model promotes the development of the entire industry

In May this year, China -Brazilian Agricultural Science and Technology Industrial Park, which was built by Longping Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. and its wholly -owned subsidiary Longping Brazil, signed a contract in Parakatu, Manas, Brazil. As a wholly -owned agricultural industrial park in China, after years of preparation development, the project has completed the basic layout of two seed processing plants and 10 R & D sites in Brazil. At present, China is stepping up the construction of two new seed processing plants and three seed storage cold storage, and it is expected to be put into use in the second half of the year. The mayor of Parakati Igor Santos said that the development path of Chinese agricultural enterprises in the local area is "highly consistent with Parakat's sustainable economic development concept."

Longping Brazil is an important technological innovation platform developed by Brazil's corn, sorghum, soybeans and other crop seeds. The corn seeds produced in Brazil have reached more than 60 million acres in Brazil, with a market share of more than 20%. It is reported that the New Industrial Park will form an industrial cluster in South America, and integrate precision agriculture, field monitoring and surveying and mapping, and other advanced agricultural technologies. These technologies will have a positive impact on local large -scale production enterprises and family agriculture and enhance comprehensive agricultural competitiveness. Tian Min, the Consul General of the China in Rio de Janeiro, said that the park provides a good demonstration for the cooperation between China -Pakistan and BRICS countries. Realize stronger, green, and healthy global development.

E -commerce has become an important part of the digital economy and the real economy, and e -commerce cooperation has also become an important force to promote the agricultural development and agricultural trade in the BRICS countries. Right now, agricultural products in Brazil, Russia, and South Africa are entering thousands of households through e -commerce platforms, and agricultural investment between BRICS countries is increasingly heating up. At the end of April this year, as one of the important activities of the "China Year" economic and trade field of the BRICS, the "Buy in the BRICS" activities and the live broadcast and cargo activities of the BRICS special products were officially opened. South Africa's wines, Brazil's coffee beans, Indian seasonings, Russian chocolate ... Various characteristic products are full of. As of May 12, China's major e -commerce platforms have sold more than 270 million yuan, an increase of 133.5%year -on -year. During the event, Chinese coffee operators also signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation with their partners. It plans to purchase coffee beans with a total of 45,000 tons and a value of about 1.5 billion yuan from 2023 to 2025.

Link said that the BRICS countries have important influence in the world. "We use innovation and digital economy as the main growth point in the next few years. This will affect the world economy, help eliminate poverty and reduce social inequality." Louis Paulino, an expert in China University of St. Paul State University in Brazil, believes that the BRICS countries have promoted the development of "Internet+agricultural" and agricultural cross -border e -commerce, and the "high -speed roads" and "through traffic" for the construction of agricultural innovation cooperation are creating more Highlight the future of innovation and attach importance to digital cooperation.

("People's Daily" 2022 June 17, 03)

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