China and Sudan agree to two agriculture partnerships
June 18, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and China today at an agriculture symposium at Friendship Hall signed two memos of understanding on agricultural cooperation.
The symposium took place June 14 to 18, arranged by the Ministry of Agriculture and Finance.
One memo of understanding allows the Chinese to establish a fodder factory in Sudan.
A Shanghai company signed an agreement with Gezira State to remove mesquite trees, and penned a similar one with White Nile State.
Chinese ZTE Company has agreed to cultivate oil seeds in White Nile State, the official SUNA reported, and signed an agricultural investment agreement with Khartoum State
Meanwhile, Chinese CMCE company signed an agreement with Gezira State to modernize irrigation and improve seeds. Per the agreement, Chinese will clean the water canals and introduce modern machines.
Signalling the high level involvement in the investment schemes, Minister of Agriculture Abdul-Halim Ismail Al- Mutaafi and Minister of Finance Awad Al Jaz spoke at a press conference following the event.
Sudan is the third partner of China in Africa. The volume of trade exchange between the two countries is 8.18 billion U.S. dollars. Also the investments of Chinese companies in Sudan amounted to 13.1 billion USD while the non-financial investment jumped to ten billion USD.
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Hashim Ali Mohomed
China and Sudan agree to two agriculture partnerships
The investment which reflct on increase the effiency o f irrigation techniqes is good and what we lookig for is also the benfits of the farmer [ to be trained so as to gain the experince so as to increse the productivitey]
we dream of aday that the investment come directley to the citzen without abroker Ihope the official learn the lesson this countrey is not aprivate farm .