I. Introduction

Currently, resource inefficiency and ecological environmental issues have become significant constraints on global food security and the sustainable development of agriculture. Taking the resource and environmental carrying capacity as the benchmark, the road of agricultural green development focusing on resource conservation, environmental friendliness, ecological stability and product quality and safety has become an inevitable choice for future agricultural development. Agricultural green development, as seen from a scientific and technological perspective, is a product of the digital and biotechnology era. With the development and application of new-generation information technologies like the Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, and new breeding techniques, there is a shift in agricultural production technology towards increased efficiency with reduced inputs. This has opened up a new way to continuously promote the green development of agriculture, response to climate change, ensure global food security and accelerate agricultural modernization.

Under the great support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the first NSFC-BMGF Joint Agricultural Research and Development Symposium will be held during May 28-30, 2024 in Beijing.

II. Objective and Topics of the Symposium

1. The main objective of the symposium

The main objective of the symposium is to promote technological innovation and application in agricultural green development, focusing on digital and smart agriculture, new breeding technologies, response to climate change. This aims to expand the application of mature technologies in regions like Africa and Southeast Asia to ensure global food security.

2. The theme of the symposium

Frontier Technological Innovations in Agricultural Green Development and Their Applications.

3. The main topics of the symposium

1) Digital and smart agriculture

2) Seed technology and innovation

3) China and Africa agricultural cooperation

III. Symposium delegation and Venue

1. Symposium delegation

In order to ensure the effect of exchange and discussion, the symposium scale is about 200 participants. The participants are mainly from domestic and foreign government agencies and science and technology management departments in the field of agricultural green development, international and regional organizations, well-known research institutions and universities at home and abroad, managers and discipline leaders of agricultural research institutions in provinces, cities, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, as well as famous scientists, entrepreneurs and young talents. Due to the limited number of places at the conference, the registration channel will be closed after the number of registered on-site participants exceeds 200. It is recommended that interested experts and scholars watch the keynote report live online at that time. QR code of the live broadcast attached to the text. Subgroup reports will not be broadcast.

2. Conference languages

Chinese and English (with simultaneous interpretation for keynote speech).

3. Venue

Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing

#6 Shouti South Road, Haidian District, Beijing

IV. Symposium Organizing Unit

1. Supporting Organizations

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2. Host Organization

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

3. Organizer

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning(IARRP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).

Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

4. Co-Organizer

Sino-Egypt Agricultural Green Development Joint Research Laboratory

Agricultural and rural remote Sensing branch of China Association of Remote Sensing Application

"Belt and Road" International Agricultural Green Development Science and Technology Innovation Institute

V. Organization structure

1. President of the symposium

Tang Huajun, Academician, Former President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Yu Xinrong, Director General of China Agricultural Green Development Research Society, Former Deputy Party Secretary and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

2. Organizing Committee

Jin Ke  Director General, Bureau of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Wu Wenbin  Director General, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Chen Jing  Deputy Director, Division of America and Oceania, International Cooperation Bureau, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Rong Nianhe Project Officer, Division of Asia-Africa and International Organizations, International Cooperation Bureau, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Tang Rongda Project Officer, Division of America and Oceania, International Cooperation Bureau, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Sun Bo  Senior Project Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office

Gao Maofang Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

3. Scientific Committee

Yi Keke Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Lv Qunyan Deputy Director, Division of Life Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Zhu Qinghua Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office

Niyok wishimira Alfred, Director General, Burundi Institute of Agricultural Sciences Research (ISABU)

Laurent Nussaume, CEA Research Director, Deputy Director of UMR 7265, CEA-CNRS-Aix, Marseille University, France

Mohamed Ali Fahim, Chief Director of Climate Change Information Center, Egypt

4. Secretary General

Gao Maofang Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

VI. Brief Agenda

May 28 Registration

May 29 09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony

09:30-12:00  Keynote Speeches

13:30-17:00   China-Africa Agricultural Development Session

Seed technology and innovation Session

May 30 08:30-12:00  Seed technology and innovation Session

Agricultural Information Session

14:00-17:00  Keynote Speeches

17:00-17:10  Closing Ceremony

VII. Invited Speakers

Abbas Elshaikh Rahma, Dean of the College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor, PhD., Sudan

Alfred Niyokwishimira, Director General, Burundi Institute of Agricultural Sciences, PhD., Burundi

Arthur Wafula Sichangi, Director Institute of Geomatics, GIS & Remote Sensing, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, PhD., Kenya

Beelal Ali Abdelhameed Ali, Chief assistant of Climate Change Information Center & Renewable Energy & Expert System, PhD., Egypt

Cao Weixing, Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Natural Resources, Professor of Nanjing Agricultural University

Chen Xin, Professor, Zhejiang University

Feng Feng, Executive Vice-President, College of Modern Agriculture, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Francesco Tubiello, Senior Statistician, Team Leader, Environment Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

Gao Caixia, Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Gao Maofang, Professor, Director of the Chinese side of the China-Egypt Agricultural Green Development Joint Laboratory

Geraldo Berger, Bayer

Grabiel Castrillo Molina, School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham, Associate Professor, PhD., UK

Hamid Mahyou, Director, Regional Agricultural Research Center of Oujda (INRA Oujda), Morocco, Senior Scientist, PhD., Morocco

He Zhonghu, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Director of National Wheat Improvement Center

Huang Sanwen, Academician, President of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and Deputy Secretary of the Party Group

Khuloud Odeh, PhD., Global CIO/ Global Director, Digital and Data / CGIAR, Montpellier, France

Laurent Nussaume, CEA Research Director E7, Biosciences and Biotechnologies Institute of Aix-Marseille, PhD., France

Li Jiayang, Academician, Director of Yazhou Bay National Laboratory, Former President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Liang Dawei, Syngenta Group

Liu Zhe, Professor, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University

Mohamed Ali Fahim Mohamed, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture for Climate Change and Technical Office, Chief Director of Climate Change Information Center, Egypt, PhD., Egypt

Nicholas Bate, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Qiu Binwen, Professor, Fuzhou Univertisy

Rong Nianhe, Associate Professor, Division of Asian, African and International Organizations, International Cooperation Bureau, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Shan Yang, Academician, Former Deputy Party Secretary and President of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Stewart Collins, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sun Lin, Professor, Shandong University of Science and Technology

Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Founder of the Ethiopia's Environment and Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF) and its Executive Director, Ethiopia

Tao Fulu, Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Taoufik Hermassi, National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry, Carthage University, Associate Professor, PhD., Tunisia

Tek Bahadur Sapkota, Senior Scientist, PhD., Climate Change Science Group Lead, CIMMYT-Mexico

Velibor Spalevic, Professor, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

Wang Hai, Professor, China Agricultural University

Wang Kejian, Professor, Deputy Director of China National Rice Research Institute

Wang Zhixing, Professor, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Wu Wenbin, Professor, Director General of Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Xia Lanqin, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Yang Guijun, Professor, Director of Remote Sensing Department, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture

Ye Liming, Professor, University of Ghent, Belgium

Ye Tao, Professor, Beijing Normal University

Yi Keke, Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Yosri Nasr Ahmed Mohamed, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, PhD., Egypt

Yu Qiangyi, Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Yu Xinrong, President of China Agricultural Green Development Research Society, Former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Zhang Bei, Qihe Biotech Co., Ltd.

Zhang Shilai, Vice President, School of Agriculture, Yunnan University

Zhao Chunjiang, Academician, Director of Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences

Zheng Xiaoming, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Zhou Wenbin, Professor, Director General, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Zhu Qinghua, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office

VIII. Registration and live streaming

1. Registration

There is no registration fee for this symposium. While participants need to submit information to facilitate our preparation of conference hall during the symposium.

Please scan the code to submit your registration information if you are planning to attend.

Registration link: https://f.kdocs.cn/g/s8WW7kf1/

Registration QR code:

2. live streaming

live streaming link: https://live.eventsmap.cn/watch/11178862

live streaming QR code:

IX Conference Contact

Secretary General: Professor Gao Maofang +86 18515978156 (Also Wechat Number, Please contact using short message or wechat)

Conference contact: Ms. Gao Ruilu +86 15210180173 (Please contact using short message or wechat) Email: gaomaofang@outlook.com

The conference organizing committee sincerely invites you to attend this international event. Thank you for your support of this conference and looking forward to your attending.

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning,

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

April. 30, 2024