August 22nd 2024-The Finance Center for South-South Cooperation (FCSSC), Chinese Academy of Financial Inclusion (CAFI) and Kenya Chinese Chamber of Commerce jointly organized the “Seminar on China-Africa Cooperation in Sustainable Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change” in Nairobi, Kenya. As the first regional seminar after initiating project of “sustainable agriculture knowledge sharing platform” of FCSSC, this seminar focused on the impact that climate change has brought to the agricultural sustainability in Africa, as well as the successful experience and cases in China-Africa cooperation in the fields of agricultural technology and sustainable investment. 

Director General of FCSSC, Dr. Wu Zhong delivered an opening remark. Dr. Wu pointed out that climate change and the extreme weather events it caused have heavily impacted the agricultural system in Africa. In light of these challenges, strengthening China-Africa cooperation in sustainable agriculture is crucial. This involves leveraging agricultural technology innovation, technology transfer, agricultural product trade, capacity building and other approaches to promote climate-smart and sustainable agriculture while continually deepening dialogues among Global South, to address climate change challenges together.

More than 40 academics, experts and entrepreneurs from national, international organizations such as WFP Kenya, IFPRI Kenya Office, FAO-China-Uganda, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), AGRA, University of Nairobi, Ergenton University, Global Organization of African Academic Doctors (OAAD), Sino-Africa Joint Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SAJOREC CAS), as well as the local fintech enterprises attended the seminar and made presentation.