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CATAS attended the Award Ceremony of China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award online

Author:Division of International Cooperation of CATAS From:Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences Date:2022-06-02 Hits:

On May 31st, the ceremony for the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the P.R. China was held at the Chinese Embassy in Italy. The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences(CATAS), as a cooperation unit, attended the award ceremony online. On behalf of the Chinese government, Ambassador Li Junhua presented medal and certificate to the International Tropical Agriculture Center (CIAT). Liu Guodao, vice president of CATAS, Juan Lucas Restrepo, director general of the Biodiversity International and the International Tropical Agriculture Center Alliance, Ismahane Elouafi, chief scientist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Ambassador Guang Defu, permanent representative of China to FAO, and relevant experts attended the ceremony. The award ceremony was presided over by Shen Jianlei, Minister Counselor of Science and Technology of the Chinese Embassy in Italy.

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Ambassador Li Junhua presented certificate to the International Tropical Agriculture Center (CIAT)



Li Junhua congratulated CIAT on winning the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, fully affirmed the productive cooperation and fruitful achievements that CIAT, as an international organization, has carried out with CATAS for a long time, and looked forward to more cooperation between the Biodiversity International and the International Tropical Agricultural Center Alliance and Chinese partners such as CATAS. He stressed that China will open wider and deepen international scientific and technological cooperation, share scientific public goods, strengthen global scientific research cooperation and jointly meet major global challenges.

Juan Lucas Restrepo thanked the Chinese government for awarding the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award to CIAT, reviewed the fruitful cooperation between CIAT  and CATAS, and said that the alliance would continue to vigorously deepen cooperation with China and jointly contribute to the sustainable development of global agriculture.

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Liu Guodao, vice president of CATAS,and relevant personnel attended the ceremony online



On behalf of the Chinese cooperation unit, Liu Guodao introduced the cooperation achievements made by CATAS and CIAT in the cultivation of new varieties, technology promotion, platform co-construction and personnel training around the two major crops, tropical forage and cassava since 1982. He said that CATAS will further deepen cooperation with the CIAT and the International Tropical Agriculture Center Alliance, expand cooperation fields, jointly carry out research on agricultural biodiversity and agricultural sustainable development in tropical areas, and make new contributions to promote the higher level development of global tropical agriculture.

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 Ismahane Elouafi, chief scientist of the FAO, gave a speech



Ismahane Elouafi spoke highly of the cooperation between the alliance and CATAS. He mentioned that CATAS is an important partner and also the Reference Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Training of FAO. The two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding in 2021, and carried out fruitful cooperation in tropical agricultural science and technology research, technical training and South-South cooperation. He said that FAO will continue to vigorously promote cooperation with CATAS and other agricultural institutions, support the alliance to carry out in-depth cooperation with China, and jointly contribute to global food security and sustainable development of human beings.

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Dr. Rainer Schultze Kraft, CIAT herbage expert and winner of the 2016 Friendship Award of the Chinese government, gave a speech



Dr. Rainer Schultze Kraft, CIAT herbage expert and winner of the 2016 Friendship Award of the Chinese government, deeply reviewed the cooperation experience, achievements and the profound friendship with CATAS over the past 40 years. He looked forward to the further cooperation between the two sides in the future to achieve greater results.

CIAT, established in 1967, is a research center for breeding and efficient cultivation and utilization of new varieties of tropical forage and cassava, and one of the 15 centers under the Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research)(CGIAR). In 2019, CIAT and the Bioversity International formed the alliance. In 2020, CIAT was officially under unified management, with its headquarters in Rome, Italy.


    World Tropical Zone