GLOBALink | China's "magic grass" helps development of Belt and Road Initiative partner countries

BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) --The Juncao technology, literally meaning fungi and grass, was invented in the 1980s by Lin Zhanxi, a professor at China's Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.

Juncao technology, replacing timber with Juncao for mushroom growing, significantly lowered farming costs, reduced annual tree clearing, and hence provided an economical and environment-friendly path for poverty alleviation.

Lin's team provided the technology and personnel training for Juncao, which has been introduced to 106 countries and included in UN development plans due to its ability to solve problems such as food shortages.

So far, a total of 270 Juncao training programs have been organized by China both home and abroad, cultivating over 10,000 people who are now qualified to popularize Juncao technology in as many as 18 languages.

Lin Zhanxi, a professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, lectures on the Juncao technology to foreign trainees in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 14, 2023. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

Foreign trainees check mushrooms cultivated on Juncao in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 14, 2023. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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