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Li Jiayang meets ADG of the FAO
President Li Jiayang met with FAO Assistant Director General Wang Ren at CAAS headquarter in Beijing on September 3rd, 2014.
Li expressed his appreciation on the joint efforts and contribution in promoting the south-south cooperation in the field agricultural science and technology. CAAS has maintained a long-term partnership with the FAO for decades early since the 1970s. “CAAS always attaches great importance to the collaborations with the FAO, and we are glad to see there are many successes in expertise exchanges and S&T programs cooperation”, said Li, “Such collaborations, as good examples of South-South cooperation, will bring mutual benefits to both China and the FAO”. Li also proposed the two sides continue to work together in the talent training and launch more joint research initiatives.
Wang introduced FAO’s ongoing reform and hoped FAO and CAAS would strengthen collaboration in the fields of urban agriculture, sustainable livestock industry and animal disease control.
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Research Update
Li Jiayang meets ADG of the FAO
President Li Jiayang met with FAO Assistant Director General Wang Ren at CAAS headquarter in Beijing on September 3rd, 2014.
Li expressed his appreciation on the joint efforts and contribution in promoting the south-south cooperation in the field agricultural science and technology. CAAS has maintained a long-term partnership with the FAO for decades early since the 1970s. “CAAS always attaches great importance to the collaborations with the FAO, and we are glad to see there are many successes in expertise exchanges and S&T programs cooperation”, said Li, “Such collaborations, as good examples of South-South cooperation, will bring mutual benefits to both China and the FAO”. Li also proposed the two sides continue to work together in the talent training and launch more joint research initiatives.
Wang introduced FAO’s ongoing reform and hoped FAO and CAAS would strengthen collaboration in the fields of urban agriculture, sustainable livestock industry and animal disease control. Read more >>
Li expressed his appreciation on the joint efforts and contribution in promoting the south-south cooperation in the field agricultural science and technology. CAAS has maintained a long-term partnership with the FAO for decades early since the 1970s. “CAAS always attaches great importance to the collaborations with the FAO, and we are glad to see there are many successes in expertise exchanges and S&T programs cooperation”, said Li, “Such collaborations, as good examples of South-South cooperation, will bring mutual benefits to both China and the FAO”. Li also proposed the two sides continue to work together in the talent training and launch more joint research initiatives.
Wang introduced FAO’s ongoing reform and hoped FAO and CAAS would strengthen collaboration in the fields of urban agriculture, sustainable livestock industry and animal disease control. Read more >>
International Cooperation Update
Chinese Scientists constructs the first plant pan-genome for annual wild soybean
A team of Chinese scientists led by Dr. Qiu Lijuan from the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS constructed the first plant pan-genome for annual wild soybean, the progenitor of cultivated soybean. They proposed a new method for the conservation of crop wild relatives, gene discovery and utilization in the breeding. Their findings are published online in Nature Biotechnology on September 14th, 2014.
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], with high protein and oil content, is an important crop worldwide. Recently, soybean yields have remained stagnant and few significant breakthroughs have been made in soybean breeding because of the narrow genetic base that exists in the modern cultivars.Soybean was domesticated from its wild progenitor, Glycine soja, through the artificial selection. Wild soybean provides a promising source of novel genes for soybean improvement needed to broaden the genetic base of modern cultivars and to respond to rapid population growth and environmental changes. Read more >>
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], with high protein and oil content, is an important crop worldwide. Recently, soybean yields have remained stagnant and few significant breakthroughs have been made in soybean breeding because of the narrow genetic base that exists in the modern cultivars.Soybean was domesticated from its wild progenitor, Glycine soja, through the artificial selection. Wild soybean provides a promising source of novel genes for soybean improvement needed to broaden the genetic base of modern cultivars and to respond to rapid population growth and environmental changes. Read more >>
Chinese Scientists constructs the first plant pan-genome for annual wild soybean
A team of Chinese scientists led by Dr. Qiu Lijuan from the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS constructed the first plant pan-genome for annual wild soybean, the progenitor of cultivated soybean. They proposed a new method for the conservation of crop wild relatives, gene discovery and utilization in the breeding. Their findings are published online in Nature Biotechnology on September 14th, 2014.
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], with high protein and oil content, is an important crop worldwide. Recently, soybean yields have remained stagnant and few significant breakthroughs have been made in soybean breeding because of the narrow genetic base that exists in the modern cultivars.Soybean was domesticated from its wild progenitor, Glycine soja, through the artificial selection. Wild soybean provides a promising source of novel genes for soybean improvement needed to broaden the genetic base of modern cultivars and to respond to rapid population growth and environmental changes. Read more >>
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], with high protein and oil content, is an important crop worldwide. Recently, soybean yields have remained stagnant and few significant breakthroughs have been made in soybean breeding because of the narrow genetic base that exists in the modern cultivars.Soybean was domesticated from its wild progenitor, Glycine soja, through the artificial selection. Wild soybean provides a promising source of novel genes for soybean improvement needed to broaden the genetic base of modern cultivars and to respond to rapid population growth and environmental changes. Read more >>
New achievements made in PPR vaccines research
Recently, researchers at the Institute of Animal Sciences of CAAS, successfully assembled and released virus-like particles of peste des petits ruminants in an insect cell-baculovirus system. The research results have been published online in the PLoS ONE on August 12, 2014.
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and economically important viral disease of domestic and some wild small ruminants, and in particular, of goats and sheep. It is notifiable to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE). In China, PPR was first reported in Tibet in 2007, and PPR outbreak was reported in more than 20 provinces and cities up to now. PPR outbreaks can cause severe economic losses, owing to its high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, development of an effective vaccine for the prevention and control of PPR is particularly important. Read more >>
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and economically important viral disease of domestic and some wild small ruminants, and in particular, of goats and sheep. It is notifiable to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE). In China, PPR was first reported in Tibet in 2007, and PPR outbreak was reported in more than 20 provinces and cities up to now. PPR outbreaks can cause severe economic losses, owing to its high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, development of an effective vaccine for the prevention and control of PPR is particularly important. Read more >>
Events
CAAS to initiate PhD training program with Lincoln University
The Graduate School of CAAS reached the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lincoln University (LU) of New Zealand on September 17th, to initiate joint PhD training program.
According to the MOU, the two parties agree to set up cooperative research programs in areas of mutual concerns (i.e. plant protection, animal sciences, environment and resources, agro-food processing, etc). Lincoln University will recruit PhD candidates from CAAS to conduct a 12 months study in New Zealand in a so called “sandwich” arrangement. Read more >>
According to the MOU, the two parties agree to set up cooperative research programs in areas of mutual concerns (i.e. plant protection, animal sciences, environment and resources, agro-food processing, etc). Lincoln University will recruit PhD candidates from CAAS to conduct a 12 months study in New Zealand in a so called “sandwich” arrangement. Read more >>
Kenya senators visit CNRRI
On August 20, 2014, Kenya Senator Kiraitu Murungi, Chairman of Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries of Kenya, along with other five COALF senators, paid an official visit to China National Rice Research Institute in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.
At the meeting, CNRRI Leading Party Group Secretary Fang Jun spoke highly about the long existing friendship between China and Kenya. And after a brief introduction about the CNRRI’s research and development, Fang suggested the two sides further promote scientific cooperation in the rice research. “As developing countries, both Kenya and China face the similar challenge in safeguarding their food security, therefore, to explore and strengthen the South-South cooperation in agriculture research and development under frameworks of governmental agreement should benefit a lots to the people of both sides”, as Fang said. Read more >>
At the meeting, CNRRI Leading Party Group Secretary Fang Jun spoke highly about the long existing friendship between China and Kenya. And after a brief introduction about the CNRRI’s research and development, Fang suggested the two sides further promote scientific cooperation in the rice research. “As developing countries, both Kenya and China face the similar challenge in safeguarding their food security, therefore, to explore and strengthen the South-South cooperation in agriculture research and development under frameworks of governmental agreement should benefit a lots to the people of both sides”, as Fang said. Read more >>