China has the largest population but limited arable land. It feeds 21% of the world's population with only 9% of farming lands in the world. Agriculture accounted for 7.7% of its GDP (2021) and provided jobs and incomes for half of its population.
We established our Beijing Representative Office in 2018 to facilitate sustainable agricultural development, aiming to improve the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in China. The office was registered under the supervision of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture. Geographically, our focus is on under-developed provinces in western China. We received valuable support from Syngenta China and ChemChina at the initial set-up stage.
Based on our scoping study and smallholder needs in our target regions, we have identified several key intervention areas: upgrading skills to grow cash crops, market linkages, post-harvest & processing, soil health and water shortage, and food safety and quality.
Since 2018, SFSA has concentrated on several projects aiming to increase agricultural productivity and the quality of selected cash crops, thereby improving smallholders’ income opportunities and wellbeing. Our work in Gansu and Sichuan provinces supports the government’s initiatives for poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.
Our vision is that smallholders farm in a smart and eco-friendly way, and they get fairly treated by the market. We support smallholder farmers and entrepreneurial youth to become more professional growers by catalyzing market delivery of innovations, providing tailored training programs on best practices and know-how, and facilitating market access.
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