On February 15, Felix Dapar Dakora, president of the African Academy of Sciences, visited Coconut Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricatural Sciences (CRICATAS), accompanied by Liu Guodao, vice president of CATAS, and Chen Gang, deputy director of CRICATAS.
President Felix Dapar Dakora communicateed with the researchers in the oil palm germplasm resources nursery
By visiting the national tropical palm germplasm resource nursery (oil palm and coconut nurseries), the date palm seedling quarantine nursery and the core exhibition garden of national tropical palm germplasm resource nursery, president Felix Dapar Dakora inspected the growth of oil palm, coconut, date palm and other crops, and communicated with various experts, expressing his appreciation of their excellent work in fine varieties production, efficient cultivation, intercropping of grass under the forest and biological control measures.
Deputy Director Chen Gang presented a coconut vase to president Felix Dapar Dakora on behalf of CRICATAS
Deputy Director Chen Gang warmly welcomed President Felix Dapar Dakora’s visit to CRICATAS, introduced to him CRICATAS’s work on woody oil industry supporting scientific and technological innovation, national diplomacy, and enterprises "Going Global", and scientific and technological cooperation with oil palm research institutes from Nigeria and Ghana, and gifted a coconut vase to President Felix Dapar Dakora on behalf of CRICATAS.
President Felix Dapar Dakora planted the coconut tree in the "Grove of Academicians" of CRICATAS
President Felix Dapar Dakora planted the date palm friendship tree in the date palm seedling quarantine nursery and takes a group photo
Finally, President Felix Dapar Dakora said that he would proactively introduce relevant African crop experts to China to carry out scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and expand agricultural scientific and technological cooperation between China and Africa. Vice President Liu Guodao expected that President Felix Dapar Dakora to connect and promote the communication between the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and the African Academy of Sciences to jointly contribute to the China-Africa cooperation.
