Media (R) from Rwanda learns about Juncao from a Chinese student in the national engineering research center of Juncao technology at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024. Juncao, which in Chinese literally means "mushroom" and "grass", can be used, as its name suggests, to grow edible and medicinal mushrooms, as livestock feed or as a green barrier to control soil erosion and stop desertification.
Having taken root in over 100 countries and regions around the globe, Juncao has been hailed by the locals as the "Chinese grass" or "grass of happiness." (Photos by Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Students from Rwanda and Papua New Guinea check the growth of Juncao at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024.
Aimable (L) from Rwanda talks with Luo Xiaofen, a staff member of the national engineering research center of Juncao technology, at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024.
Students from Rwanda and Papua New Guinea talk with Chinese schoolmates who are majored in Juncao technology at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024.
Lin Zhanxi (2nd R), the inventor of Juncao technology, introduces a plate made from Juncao to students at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 28, 2024.
