Date: 2010/06/28

( Date From 2010/05/07 NCYU NEWS)

Chiou said he was invited to Burkina Faso in 2004. In his impression, it was a country productive of peanuts, dried fruits and nuts and gum acacia. He would go to Japan for a one-year research project in the upcoming August, and, if time permits, he would like to go to Burkina Faso to offer his assistance.

　　The two Burkina Faso officials visited the food processing facilities Department of Food Science last year, and were deeply impressed by the university’s devotion to agricultural development. They requested the Vocational Center to arrange another visit to the university. Since this week is also the Animal Science Week, they could see how students carry out meat and dairy product processing operations at the Animal Experiment Farm and Promotion R&D Center for Animal Products. They also hoped NCYU or other universities could offer some guidance to their country.

　　Burkina Faso, located in the Sahara desert in northern Africa, is 30,000 km and thirty hour-flight from Taiwan. Burkina Faso has a territory eight times larger than Taiwan, but only half of Taiwan’s population. Despite its rich mineral resources and rich agricultural produce, the country has only one normal university, one general university and a university of science and technology, without any school of husbandry and agriculture. It does not have professionals or technology to develop the husbandry and agriculture industry. The university expressed their willingness to offer professional and technological guidance to the countries with diplomatic ties with Taiwan.