According to reports, the "Trilateral Agreement on the China-FAO-Gambia South-South Cooperation Project" was officially signed on February 1, 2025. According to the agreement, China will select six long-term experts and two short-term experts covering fields such as rice breeding, millet planting, plant protection, agricultural machinery, irrigation technology, post-harvest processing, and agricultural product value chain to form a South-South Cooperation expert group to carry out technical assistance missions in the Gambia. The project, under the guidance of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, is organized by the Center for Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, with the expert selection work handled by the Hunan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Four agricultural experts from Hunan Province have begun to carry out agricultural technical assistance missions in the Gambia since January 31. Ye Anping emphasized that FAO and the Gambian government attach great importance to this cooperation, hoping that the expert group fully recognizes the significance of the project, scientifically formulates work plans, focuses on output results, and makes substantial contributions to relevant fields. Lin Huifang pointed out that the South-South Cooperation project has profound significance for deepening China-Gambia relations. The expert group should bear in mind their mission, pay close attention to the needs of Gambia's agricultural and rural development, work in unity, provide high-quality technical support in accordance with the project agreement, focus on outcome summaries and publicity, and use the South-South Cooperation platform to promote agricultural investment and cooperation. Liu Shuang'e expressed that Hunan will fully support and cooperate in the project implementation, continuously play its role in agricultural technical expertise, provide systematic agricultural sustainable development strategy solutions for the Gambia, and help deepen China-Africa cooperation. During the launch meeting, Yu Haomiao, Director of the Center for Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Debel, the project official from the FAO Representative Office in China, conducted a project-specific training for the expert group. The Hunan Provincial Center for Foreign Economic Cooperation of Agriculture gave a detailed explanation on diplomatic discipline and related matters of note. (Red Network Moment News Correspondent Hongyuan Zeng)