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Professor Jiang Heping went to Mauritania for agricultural aid investigation


             Release time:2015-11-26

 

During October 8-20, 2012, Professor Jiang Heping, appointed by Commerce Department foreign aid division and Ministry of agriculture international cooperation division, went to Africa for his ninth Africa Mauritania 12 days agricultural aid mission. the core content is that compiling “feasibility report of aid Mauritania animal husbandry technology demonstration center construction”

 

During the time, Professor Jiang field survey the two project alternative locations recommended by Mauritania rural development department, and located in the suburban of trarza Ouadnaga city, make an official visit to Ouadnaga deputy mayor, Ministry of rural development in Rosso region agricultural development bureau director, go around to local farmers, Mauritania rural development division Idini national level beef improve test station, Mauritania national animal husbandry and veterinary medicine research center, fully understand the Mauritania economic society development situation, animal husbandry graziery development situation, breeding methods, composite feed supply situation, cattle breed improvement situation, dairy products production and processing method, existing problem in animal husbandry and development demanding and other situations. He also visit the agricultural production test point around the proposed project, trarza wozearu city Mupoli farm, aiding agricultural project demonstration point of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries, detailed understand the crop farming production status, water supplies, forage types and sources around the project point. 

Professor Jiang Heping is mainly responsible for the research task of project construction ideas, development objectives and benefits evaluation and other aspects, and finally completed the summary writing of “Mauritania aiding animal husbandry technology demonstration center feasibility study report”.

As an agriculture expert with many Africa study experience, through investigation and research, Professor Jiang Heping analysis the advantages and disadvantages of the Mauritanian animal husbandry construction comprehensively. He suggested that, the favorable aspect includes animal husbandry development and basic facilities has great improve in the past few years, be rich in animal husbandry resources, great animal husbandry developmental potential; the disadvantage aspect includes low animal husbandry resources utilization rate, low animal husbandry scientific and technological base and application ability, low agro-postoralist quality, animal husbandry infrastructure weak, animal husbandry product deep processing insufficient and other problems. 

on the basis of comprehensive analysis, Professor Jiang pointed out that, according to Mauritania husbandry development strategy and aid demanding key point, take improving Mauritania grassland and livestock production capacity and animal by-products self-sufficiency rate as the basis, take realizing agro-pastoralist employment and increasing farmers' income as the core, take changing local raw animal husbandry production mode as the main line, take improving composite feed per unit area yield and dairy cattle and beef production and quality as main attack direction, take livestock species improve as the main means, to introduce, test, demonstrate and promote Chinese farming new varieties and advanced practical technology of animal husbandry, train Mauritania husbandry technology extension worker and emphasis cultivation fanning and grazing household, gradually improve the local farming households production technology and production capacity, help ease the pressure in Mauritania animal food safety aspect. and gradually improve the Mauritania's milk, beef, camels and other livestock products competitiveness, drive the rapid development of Mauritania livestock.

Professor Jiang also pointed out that Mauritania is a traditional animal husbandry country with a long livestock breeding history, but livestock production level is low, lag in technology, and production capacity and product added value is low. Mauritania is eager to learn the china’s agricultural development successful experience from the cooperation with china, to improve the development level of animal husbandry. Mauritania is looking forward to Chinese assistance and support in animal husbandry area, has great expectations for prepared aid husbandry technology demonstration service center project. From inspection, animal husbandry technology demonstration service center project is well fit the need of solving the problem of animal husbandry development, which is not only can help Mauritania to improve the animal husbandry production, increase farmers income, expand employment, solve livelihood problems, maintain social stability, but also build cooperation platform for Chinese enterprises to invest in Africa to develop animal husbandry and animal resources. 


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