- 04/07/2025
The documentary "Chinese Juncao" takes an international perspective on global governance issues and introduces the viewpoints of others with an objective stance，focuses on the process and development status of the "small and beautiful" Chinese Juncao technology that has taken root and thrived overseas，and demonstrates the positive contribution of China's to global poverty alleviation and sustainable development through realistically recording the individual stories of local people who rely on Chinese Juncao technology to escape from poverty, actively start their own businesses, and change their destinies.
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00:00Transcribed by ESO, translated by —
01:48Orna doesn't know his age or how to write his name.
01:52Owning a small hut is his dream.
02:02Orna earns his living by helping others and usually lives at his employer's house, separated from his wife and children who work in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.
02:14Having his own house would mean being able to gather his family together.
02:18However, just doing odd jobs barely keeps him afloat, and he has to find other ways to realize his dream.
02:26In Papua New Guinea, pigs are a significant symbol of value and social status.
02:42They are not only the most valued dowry item, but also an essential part of traditional muumu feasts.
02:50The market price for pork is always high.
02:54Honor used to raise pigs and hoped it could be a quick way to earn money.
03:02However, he struggled to gather the money for piglets in time and became somewhat disheartened.
03:08Just when he was about to give up, an opportunity presented itself.
03:18At 8.30 a.m., Aona arrives as promised at the China-Papua New Guinea, Juncao, and Upland Rice Technology Demonstration Base, where he has been working every week since 2022.
03:46Not only can he earn money here, but he has also learned about a new pig farming technology completely different from the traditional local methods.
03:54The giant Juncao grass from China has established itself in Aona's homeland for many years.
04:22Chinese experts have discovered more uses for it.
04:26Feed made primarily from Juncao is highly nutritious and straightforward to produce.
04:32We create all the new technology.
04:36We need to use our own automotive methods.
04:38We need to use the woodpepper.
04:42We need to use the woodpepper to install it in our storage system.
04:44We need to use the woodpepper to make it.
04:46with his previous experience in pig farming honor quickly mastered this new technology
04:55hearing about his wish to earn money to repair his house the chinese experts even tailored a
05:02cooperative model for him to ease his financial burden in the beginning in the first year the
05:09team at the base would provide him with 10 piglets to raise at home using the jun sao feed in return
05:16he would pay off the debt by working at the base
05:28honor's home is not too far from the base but the roads are very rough to save money he mostly walks
05:40the piglets fed by the new method grew quickly attracting the interest of honor's neighbors
05:45the feed includes not only the giant jun sao grass from china but also rice bran an ingredient that
05:56surprised his neighbors
06:01with a forest coverage rate of nearly 80 percent the eastern highlands province of papua new guinea
06:08is a sea of green with the introduction of another chinese technology this sea of green is now dotted
06:14with touches of yellow
06:18in may the farmers in goroka joyfully harvest upland rice
06:27after over 20 years of promotion and development by the expert group upland rice technology has
06:34gradually taken root in papua new guinea this ended the history of no rice cultivation in the eastern
06:41highlands region or no once used to help harvest upland rice yet he had never imagined that the golden
06:49grains also held another significant value
06:59a major by-product of rice processing rice bran is rich in protein fats and vitamins making it a
07:06recognized source of high quality feed the giant jun sao grass is tender and rich in crude protein
07:15carefully mixed with upland rice bran add a little salt and let it ferment for two days and you have the
07:22new type of feed that the pigs love
07:32watching the pigs grow bigger each day honor felt more confident and hopeful for the future
07:38of the future
07:45of the future
07:57hello hello
07:59how do you know how do you know how do you know
08:01how do you know
08:03Orna's pigs are almost ready for slaughter.
08:12How much will they bring in?
08:14Both Orna and the expert group are eager to find out.
08:18We'll go see the pig.
08:20Don't worry, slowly by slowly.
08:26Don't worry, slowly by slowly, yeah, my friend, come, not to go kill you, we have to just wake you.
08:38Yeah, 48.9, okay, put back.
08:47Go, go, go, go home, don't worry, yeah, not kill you.
08:55Take a seat.
08:56Oh.
08:57Yeah.
08:58We calculate our pig.
08:59One day increases 0.7 kilo times 20 kina per kilo.
09:0714 kina.
09:08One day.
09:0914 kina one day.
09:10How many pigs?
09:1110.
09:1210, huh?
09:13So times 10.
09:14One day you have 140 kina.
09:17You are richer than him.
09:19Yes.
09:20You see?
09:21Yes.
09:22Yes.
09:23Me amas lokisim, isamani.
09:25I'm all right.
09:26Me no belting ting karagi me amas lokisim, isamani.
09:29Although Orna has not yet carried out his plan for house repairs, his dream is no longer out of reach.
09:47No, ed jones.
09:48All year Konjum iso.
09:49I know many of us.
09:50Okay.
09:51Thio's we kiss all begin Bay Manilo and in the city.
09:52Get him all over the house.
09:53Me already punya minimum.
09:54The star man, I know my big nationalists.
09:55The star man, I know what is happening.
09:56It is, it has been a long time.
09:57It's a long time.
09:58We need to meet him.
09:59On vagyis.
10:00The star man's line or he was trying about all of these.
10:02The star man's line or he passed out and is able to it.
10:03Some of us were passionate about,
10:06so trying to get the wrong way,
10:08so starting to get back.
10:10We would have to stop.
10:33Zaka and her family are weighing and packaging freshly-picked mushrooms.
10:52Aukalokati, meaning mushrooms from high mountains, is a brand Zaka and her husband have created
11:02themselves.
11:07Today their mushrooms are sold in several major cities across Papua New Guinea.
11:12This brings in about 40,000 kina a year for Zaka's family, 20 times the income of a regular
11:18farmer.
11:24The Zaka family is considered wealthy locally, but they have their own worries.
11:29This large supermarket in Goroka is bustling with customers every day.
11:48This is one of the outlets for their mushrooms.
11:51The mushroom technology from China combined with the Zaka family's careful cultivation
11:56makes their mushrooms exceptionally tasty.
12:09There are not many mushrooms left in the freezer.
12:12A 300 gram box of oyster mushrooms can sell for 10 kina, which is not cheap locally.
12:18Despite the price, demand is still high.
12:27Facing increasing orders, Zaka and her husband hope to expand production, yet the substrate
12:32packs needed for cultivating the mushrooms are often insufficient.
12:37We are always in the queue, waiting for the mushroom tubers.
12:42We are always wasting a lot of time.
12:44It's only the Junka technology doing that.
13:00So we want to produce our own tubes to plant for ourselves and the surplus we can sell to other
13:07farmers.
13:38Zaka is 49 years old and the backbone of this 12-member family spanning four generations.
13:53She works hard every day to provide for her family.
14:01Under Zaka and her husband's leadership, each family member does their part, working
14:06together to gradually improve their lives.
14:33Zaka has been growing mushrooms for four years, and her five-square-meter mushroom shed
14:38in the yard yields three harvests a month.
14:42Now, Zaka and her husband hope to establish their own mushroom substrate packs production
14:51line next to their mushroom shed.
14:57However, technical and financial challenges have made it difficult for them to make a decision.
15:04Whenever there is an important matter, the whole family gathers to discuss it together.
15:11Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka and Zaka.
15:26Whenever there is an important matter, the whole family gathers to discuss it together.
15:30Zaka and Zaka is a member of Zaka, or Kiss and Zaka, are the children of her husband's
15:36mr.ologist Gija and Shaller, who was with China to South Korea and Guillaume by the
15:43growing in Foucaingen of 25 countries.
15:47Zaka may go to all their rich, but I've been in теقتomans.
15:52As the family talked things through Zaka raised a concern that none had considered before.
16:22It was the first time I had to take care of the family.
16:42It was about to keep the family going.
16:46Zaka's words convinced the family, but would the Chinese be willing to share their technology
17:09without holding anything back?
17:23This is the production workshop for mushroom substrate packs at the demonstration base,
17:28where important procedures such as mixing, bagging, sterilization, and inoculation are
17:34carried out.
17:36When the Chinese experts learned about the couple's desire to produce their own packs,
17:40they immediately invited them to visit the workshop.
17:43From here to here, back here, this model is called Sheik, because, you know, sometimes
17:49a woman has a heart, a very勤労, a woman has a dream, and a woman has a dream.
17:54It's very suitable for this technology.
18:00This is very important.
18:02This one, we will have our own workshop to produce the tubas.
18:07You see, this is the area we have planned to build.
18:15Okay.
18:16So I think the total we need, you see, from there, to there, to the onion, up.
18:22So this one for workshop.
18:24Okay.
18:25Because, you know, here we think about wind, because the wind, we mix a lot of dust.
18:35We need to think about the direction of wind.
18:37Wind comes from where.
18:38So normally it comes from this side and that side.
18:41That's right.
18:42That's right.
18:43Yeah, that's right.
18:44In the 27th year of Junsao technology in Papua New Guinea, the locals finally took the
18:50crucial first step toward localization of the technology.
18:53We were always thinking we should make our own seed and it's going to be our dream come
19:00true for us.
19:01The house and the shed I can build it, but the machines, like the feeding machine or the mixed-in
19:08machine and the mixed-in machine, that I cannot afford.
19:32If we will make the mushroom shed, we will employ the youth in the community.
19:55After more than three months of hard work, the first batch of 500 packs is about to be
20:01produced in Zaka's yard.
20:04This will also be the first family production workshop for mushroom substrate packs in Papua,
20:09New Guinea.
20:12From planting the first juncao grass, to harvesting the first mushroom, and to now establishing
20:18their own mushroom substrate packs production line, the Papuaesia have finally localized
20:24juncao technology from China.
20:27After more than two decades, it's a solid foundation for future growth and expansion.
20:36A few months ago, the Chinese experts gave Zaka a special gift, a new formula for mushroom
20:42substrate packs tailored to the local climate and environment, shortening the mushroom
20:47production cycle by a quarter.
20:50Today, this formula has turned into a reality.
20:55It will bring a whole new way of life to Zaka's family.
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21:14Yes, how are you?
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21:32So you said you have a buyer for me?
21:35Yes, yes.
21:36My price is $25.
21:38Frida Kororomi is collecting funds.
21:46As a regular at this local bank,
21:48Frida opened a special account here a few years ago
21:51to make regular deposits.
21:52All the deposits come from her mushroom farming income,
22:04which she has big plans for.
22:07I started writing it down in books.
22:10I started opening an account for the mushroom itself,
22:14started banking it, and also having a good record
22:17in my computer.
22:17In a track that I knew where my money was going
22:23and it was coming in.
22:38Frida is a single mother raising two sons and a daughter.
22:42The pressures of life taught her to be meticulous with money.
22:48Her encounter with Junsao mushroom cultivation techniques
22:52changed her life.
22:53Frida's mushroom shed produces 500 kilograms
22:57of fresh mushrooms each week.
23:00This income allows her to educate her three children.
23:04Frida truly feels that mushroom farming has brought more freedom
23:08and power to women.
23:10I have put my kids to good schools because of mushroom.
23:16I have bought two cars.
23:18I have also built some houses using the mushroom funds.
23:21So in the society, women are tend to seen as people
23:25staying in the house, looking after the kids,
23:27you know, doing household chores and all this.
23:30For Junkao, it is something that is brought into their home.
23:33Frida always has her children help out and she passes on the cultivation technology to them.
23:39It is very easy for them.
23:45Even my seven-year-old son can harvest the mushroom and he knows the quality of mushrooms.
23:50Teaching children the technology is not difficult.
23:56This made Frida realize that she could pass on the technology to more people.
24:01Since she had a mushroom shed at home, Frida always has her children help out
24:04and she passes on the cultivation technology to them.
24:06It is very easy for them.
24:08Even my seven-year-old son can harvest the mushroom and he knows the quality of mushrooms.
24:16Teaching children the technology is not difficult.
24:21This made Frida realize that she could pass on the technology to more people in need.
24:35Hello, Frida.
24:36Hello, Malinda.
24:39Hello, how are you?
24:40I'm good.
24:41Good to see you.
24:44Okay, my sister, what brings you here?
24:46Please have some fruits.
24:48Mushroom training that I had with Jun Kao Center.
24:52I have learned a lot.
24:53Frida was a mentor and she was also one of the trainers that I got the training from.
24:59So she has been very helpful.
25:01It has really changed my perspective of agriculture.
25:08As her friends started growing mushrooms and changed their lives,
25:12Frida transformed her mushroom shed into a Jun Kao mushroom cultivation training center.
25:18If I come, come inside the house.
25:20Let me go inside.
25:21Frida hopes to establish a mini Jun Kao technology training demonstration center in the village,
25:28combining production and training, starting with the distribution of mushroom substrate packs,
25:34as well as providing guidance, procurement and sales.
25:41The trainees will primarily be women from the village.
25:49To get the project off the ground, Frida not only sold her car,
25:53but also applied for funding from connected organizations.
26:14Okay, now this one.
26:15Frida's story of personal growth has also interested the United Nations.
26:30In April 2023, she received a letter inviting her to the United Nations headquarters
26:36to participate in a multi-party forum on promoting sustainable development.
26:53Thank you especially, Frida, for coming all this way and speaking.
26:59I should say, so Frida is a mushroom expert.
27:02She's going to talk about a very interesting case study,
27:06Jun Kao or elephant grass.
27:10As you see the grass here that is showing, that is the Jun Kao grass.
27:15That has been engineered in the lab by Professor Lin Jiangxi
27:20from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in China.
27:24Now mushroom production is one of those that we are using this grass.
27:27As you can see, people are very interested.
27:30They come in numbers to learn.
27:31And for four seasons, you can get about 1,200 kilograms of fresh mushrooms per year.
27:37That's big for local people.
27:38All the farmers in Papua New Guinea in Jun Kao technology are lady farmers.
27:43So with Jun Kao technology, easy to learn and easy to succeed.
27:49So thank you very much.
27:50Thank you very much.
27:56Well, thank you.
27:57That was a truly inspiring story.
28:00I live in Peru and have some projects down there.
28:04Is it appropriate for many different areas?
28:09Yes, this technology is actually in 165 countries of the world at the moment.
28:16It is applied anywhere in the world.
28:19It is...
28:19As a female representative of the beneficiaries of the China-UN
28:23Peace and Development Trust Fund's Jun Sao project,
28:26Frida is the first Jun Sao technology entrepreneur to speak at the United Nations headquarters.
28:32Most of the audience there, they are more interested in Jun Kao technology.
28:37They also want to take it back to their countries.
28:40Women are mostly left behind, but they cannot do that.
28:47But with mushroom, I see it's empowering them.
28:50I feel really great knowing that this technology can change lives in this world.
28:58Jun Sao technology from China took root in the land of Papua New Guinea,
29:03from where it has spread to the world, creating more wonderful stories.
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29:39We'll see you next time.
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