The 14th Annual Steering Committee Meeting of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CAB International (CABI ) Joint Laboratory for Bio-Safety and the 4th Annual Meeting of MARA-CABI European Laboratory was held online on March 23rd, 2022.
A delegation led by Tea Research Institute (TRI) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China, attended the 24th Session of Intergovernmental Group on Tea, held online on February 23rd by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
On January 19th, the Memorandum of Agreement Between International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) on Rice Genomics, Germplasm Enhancement and Agronomic Package Development was signed by Prof. Sun Tan, Vice president of CAAS and Dr. Jean Balié, Director General of IRRI.
On December 15th, the awarding ceremony for the first batch of "China-Africa Joint Centers for Modern Agrotechnology Exchange, Demonstration and Training" was held in Haikou, Hainan Province.
The APEC Workshop 2021 on Sustainable Rural Development and Human Development Enhanced by Informatization under the COVID-19 Pandemic was held on December 2nd-3rd in Beijing.
China is striving to beef up its innovation capacity in agricultural science and technology to further safeguard food security of the country, according to a five-year development guideline of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) released on Wednesday.
Recently, the International Workshop on Dryland Agriculture and Food Security has been held online which is hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
In March 2021, the Institute of Plant Protection of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPPCAAS) co-organized webinar series on fall armyworm (FAW) Integrated Pest Management (IPM), together with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Secretariat, Global Action for FAW Control, FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa, and FAO Office in Malawi.
On March 31th, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) organized the annual reporting meeting of the offices of international organizations in China. Representatives from the China offices of 7 research centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and CAB International (CABI) respectively reported on the work progress in 2020 and the work plan in 2021
On April 8th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and CAB International (CABI) virtually co-organized the 13th Joint Steering Committee Meeting of MARA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Bio-safety and MARA-CABI High Level Dialogue.