The 2nd Africa-Britain-China (ABC) Conference on Agriculture and Fisheries held in Beijing

The UK and Chinese Governments are joining forces to facilitate agricultural technology transfer to low-income countries with the launch of a programme, the first of its kind, at the 2nd Africa-Britain-China (ABC) Conference on Agriculture and Fisheries held in Beijing on 12th November.

The UK Department for International Development and Ministry of Agriculture of China will collaborate under a new programme, working in Partnership with China to Accelerate Agricultural Technology Transfer to Low Income Countries (AgriTT). The programme will support the sharing of experience in agricultural development with low-income countries in order to improve agricultural productivity and food security for poor people. It starts from 2012 and will end in March 2016.

The programme sits under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the UK and Chinese Governments in 2011, which established a new partnership between the two countries to work together to achieve shared international development objectives around the world. It is the first programme to be launched under this new framework.

The AgriTT programme will work with the Malawi and Uganda Governments to establish pilots to disseminate technology and management practices on sustainable agriculture, particularly from China. It will also support researchers from Africa, Southeast Asia, China and the UK to work jointly to develop innovative solutions to agricultural productivity improvement in low-income countries.

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