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Bioversity-CIAT Alliance Beijing Office representatives visit CAAS-CIAT Joint Laboratory

IARRP | Updated: 2021-09-14

Dr. Zhang Zongwen, head of the Beijing Office of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and Drs. Bai Keyu and Qi Wei of the alliance, visited the CAAS-CIAT Joint Laboratory in Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture of the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Agricultural Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, on Sept 2, 2021.

Research fellow Zhang Bin, Chinese head of the joint laboratory, presided over the meeting.

Dr. Didier Lesueur, CIAT head of the joint laboratory, participated in the meeting online.

Zhang Zongwen introduced the merger of Bioversity International and CIAT (the International Center for Tropical Agriculture). Curious about the construction and operation of the joint laboratory, Zhang hoped the alliance could provide support and assistance for its development.

Zhang Bin introduced in detail the background and process of the establishment of the CAAS-CIAT joint laboratory, including the overall research plan, research direction, and cooperation results in personnel training, paper publication and project declaration since its establishment.

Lesueur introduced the work carried out by the CIAT at the joint laboratory and the current difficulties. He reported the latest research progress in the discovery and evaluation of rhizobia resources in cooperation with Zhang Bin in the Huanghuaihai grain and bean rotation experiment.

The participants also conducted in-depth discussions on how to promote international exchanges and cooperation in a safe and orderly manner in the new situation and raise cooperation funds through multiple channels.

They agreed that all parties should work hard to overcome current difficulties and continue to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the fields of cultivated land quality, cultivated land microbiome, bean germplasm resources, agricultural remote sensing, new feed resource development and low-carbon sustainable animal husbandry, and promote the operation of the joint laboratory and its elevation to a new level.