It was wonderful to be back in China in June for the Third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province. Since its inauguration in 2019, the CAETE has become an important platform for expanding the China-Africa relationship, of which agricultural cooperation is an increasingly significant element. The scale of the activities in Changsha was testament to the scope and ambition of all those involved in China-Africa exchanges.
On the same trip, I was also able to visit several leading agricultural research institutes in Beijing that our foundation (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has been working with to form partnerships with their African counterparts. Even as someone familiar with this field, I was struck by the seriousness of the commitment I saw among Chinese scientists to improving agricultural productivity in Africa through collaborations that seek to adapt and
