"On April 22, the Center for International Agricultural Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation. Mr. Andrew Cox, Director of the International Relations and Strategic Business Department, and Ms. Lu Xinqing, Deputy Project Officer of the China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Project, visited the CAAS. Hao Weiping, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation of CAAS, and Nie Fengying, executive deputy director of the Center for International Agricultural Research met with the AGRA delegation.

The two parties held discussions on personnel exchanges, joint project applications, collaborative research, capacity building, knowledge sharing, etc. In the future, the two parties will work together to promote China-Africa cooperation in the field of agricultural technology transfer. After the meeting, the two parties formally signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. Zhai Lin, Director of the International Organization Department of International Cooperation, Liu Jiawei, Project Officer, Wang Jing, Director of the Center for International Agricultural Research Office, and Zhang Yue, Division of International Research of Agriculture Information Institute, attended the meeting.

AGRA is an international non-governmental organization in Africa established in 2006 at the call of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, which is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. With the mission of promoting a green revolution with African characteristics, AGRA is committed to increasing the income of 30 million small farmers in Africa, ensuring food security, and assisting in achieving sustainable agricultural transformation in Africa. AGRA launched the China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Strategy in 2017, committed to attracting more Chinese public and private sector aid and investment in Africa, and promoting China's aid and investment projects in Africa to be more effective, more sustainable, and more fair development. "