Your Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés,President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly
Your Excellency, Ambassador MA Zhaoxu, Permanent Representative ofChina to the United Nations
Your Excellency, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti,Chef de Cabinet to the United Nations Secretary-General
Honorable Ministers,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,My Colleagues from the 蘑菇视频 Family,Ladies and Gentlemen,
I join Ambassador MA in warmly welcoming you to this high-level event.? I would also like to extend my warm welcome to Dr. Qu Dongyu, Vice Minister of Agriculture of China, Vice Governor Zheng Jianmin, Professor Lin and members of the Chinese Delegation.
Excellencies,
蘑菇视频 Department of Economic and Social Affairs is delighted to co-organize this meeting.
Our discussion today provides a timely opportunity for an exchange of national experiences in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. And in that broad context, we will engage in a dialogue on how partnership activities under the Belt and Road Initiative are contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through synergies.
The unique initiative that is the thematic focus of our dialogue today has two interrelated components – Jun, which means fungi, or mushroom; and Cao, which means grass.
These two ordinary components, put together, give rise to an extraordinary means of production and of sustainable livelihoods, as well as a powerful tool for ecosystem protection.
Professor Lin, in a short while, will brief us on the science of Juncao. But I wish to take this opportunity to highlight the multiple benefits of this technology and how it embodies, in concrete ways, the integration and interlinkages of the SDGs.
First, Juncao could help preserve and protect the environment and our fragile ecosystems.
From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yellow River Basin in China, to the upstream riverbanks of the Nile River and the South African Plateau, Juncao technology has been used to combat land degradation and desertification, conserve water, and restore and maintain soil fertility.
In the process, Juncao grass has been used for mushroom production, for animal feed, and for biomass fuel, thus contributing to progress in achieving SDG 2 on sustainable agriculture, SDG 6 on water, SDG7 on sustainable energy and SDG 15 on ecosystems.
Second, the economic benefits from Juncao technology are likewise remarkable.? Country experiences show that farmers who have learned to plant Juncao grass, have successfully:
Third, there are also considerable social benefits from the application of Juncao technology.? Experience shows that its use helps reduce causes of conflict over natural resources – Juncao grass reduces the requirements for fuelwood from forests and pasture land for grazing, thereby contributing to social harmony among local communities.
Excellencies,
The Juncao technology, developed by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University of China under the leadership of Professor LIN Zhanxi, is a small idea with proven big potentials.
As demonstrated by countries that have participated in the Belt and Road Initiative, Juncao technology can catalyze synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Through South-South cooperation and SDG17 on partnership, we can help scale up and disseminate this technology and its multiple concrete benefits.
The 2030 Agenda calls for transformative initiatives. Juncao technology showcases a pathway whereby such initiatives can catalyze change, transform lives and livelihoods, and create opportunities for a better future.
蘑菇视频 Department of Economic and Social Affairs stands ready to further expand this remarkable partnership by supporting activities to:
Thank you.
Your Excellency, Ambassador MA Zhaoxu, Permanent Representative ofChina to the United Nations
Your Excellency, Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti,Chef de Cabinet to the United Nations Secretary-General
Honorable Ministers,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,My Colleagues from the 蘑菇视频 Family,Ladies and Gentlemen,
I join Ambassador MA in warmly welcoming you to this high-level event.? I would also like to extend my warm welcome to Dr. Qu Dongyu, Vice Minister of Agriculture of China, Vice Governor Zheng Jianmin, Professor Lin and members of the Chinese Delegation.
Excellencies,
蘑菇视频 Department of Economic and Social Affairs is delighted to co-organize this meeting.
Our discussion today provides a timely opportunity for an exchange of national experiences in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. And in that broad context, we will engage in a dialogue on how partnership activities under the Belt and Road Initiative are contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through synergies.
The unique initiative that is the thematic focus of our dialogue today has two interrelated components – Jun, which means fungi, or mushroom; and Cao, which means grass.
These two ordinary components, put together, give rise to an extraordinary means of production and of sustainable livelihoods, as well as a powerful tool for ecosystem protection.
Professor Lin, in a short while, will brief us on the science of Juncao. But I wish to take this opportunity to highlight the multiple benefits of this technology and how it embodies, in concrete ways, the integration and interlinkages of the SDGs.
First, Juncao could help preserve and protect the environment and our fragile ecosystems.
From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yellow River Basin in China, to the upstream riverbanks of the Nile River and the South African Plateau, Juncao technology has been used to combat land degradation and desertification, conserve water, and restore and maintain soil fertility.
In the process, Juncao grass has been used for mushroom production, for animal feed, and for biomass fuel, thus contributing to progress in achieving SDG 2 on sustainable agriculture, SDG 6 on water, SDG7 on sustainable energy and SDG 15 on ecosystems.
Second, the economic benefits from Juncao technology are likewise remarkable.? Country experiences show that farmers who have learned to plant Juncao grass, have successfully:
- expanded livestock production;
- grown nutritious mushroom for meeting demands of local and regional markets, creating jobs and income streams; and
- saved foreign exchanges - as the local hotel industry no longer needs to import mushroom from abroad.
Third, there are also considerable social benefits from the application of Juncao technology.? Experience shows that its use helps reduce causes of conflict over natural resources – Juncao grass reduces the requirements for fuelwood from forests and pasture land for grazing, thereby contributing to social harmony among local communities.
Excellencies,
The Juncao technology, developed by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University of China under the leadership of Professor LIN Zhanxi, is a small idea with proven big potentials.
As demonstrated by countries that have participated in the Belt and Road Initiative, Juncao technology can catalyze synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Through South-South cooperation and SDG17 on partnership, we can help scale up and disseminate this technology and its multiple concrete benefits.
The 2030 Agenda calls for transformative initiatives. Juncao technology showcases a pathway whereby such initiatives can catalyze change, transform lives and livelihoods, and create opportunities for a better future.
蘑菇视频 Department of Economic and Social Affairs stands ready to further expand this remarkable partnership by supporting activities to:
- enhance knowledge sharing, and
- strengthen capacities of developing countries to promote productive activities, income generation and entrepreneurship, by using the Juncao
Thank you.
File date:
Thursday, 四月 18, 2019