CCTV+: A Research Partnership Across Continents -- Mulch Film and Agricultural Exchange

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A collaboration spanning more than 16,000 kilometers and 15 years—including 38 research and field visits—has taken a team from Lanzhou University, led by Professor Xiong Youcai, from China's Loess Plateau to agricultural regions of East Africa. The effort has focused on sharing dryland farming techniques initially pioneered in China and adapting them to local conditions.