Development of the Soybean Industry in Africa: Safeguarding Food Security in Africa and China-A Perspective

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Ninkuu, Vincent

作者： Ninkuu, Vincent;Han, Tianfu;Dakora, Felix D.;Dakora, Felix D.;Ninkuu, Vincent;Han, Tianfu

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关键词： Soybean production; Nodulation and N2 fixatio; Varietal improvement; China-Africa trade; International collaboration

期刊名称：ENGINEERING （ 影响因子：11.6； 五年影响因子：13.1 ）

ISSN： 2095-8099

年卷期： 2025 年 49 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： In 2023, the global soybean trade volume with China reached 99.41 million tonnes without any contri-bution from Africa. With its vast arable land, Africa has the potential to develop a strong soybean industry to increase food security, create employment opportunities, and position itself as a key exporter to China. However, soybean growth and yield are stringently linked to nodulation and nitrogen gas (N2) fixation, as well as to photothermal effects. The soil bacteria that nodulate and fix N2 for soybean growth are absent in African soils, which is a major constraint to soybean cultivation. However, the breeding of promiscuous soybean varieties that freely nodulate and fix N2 with native rhizobia in African soils has been achieved. The photothermal constraint limiting soybean production in Africa has also been resolved with the dis-covery and testing of several genes regulating photoperiodism at the laboratory and field levels. Large-scale soybean production in Africa will nonetheless still require science, technology, and innovation (STI) partnerships for the easy transfer and/or exchange of biological materials for research among Chinese and African scientists. This study aims to identify opportunities to boost soybean production in Africa, with potential benefits including increased food security, enhanced economic growth, improved continental gross domestic product, reduced unemployment, and greater poverty alleviation through job creation while enhancing China-Africa trade. It also explores the advantages soybean production in Africa could derive from the China-Africa STI partnership under the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Action Plan (2025-2027) and the China-Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance (CAASTIA), which is implemented by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the African Academy of Sciences. (c) 2025 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier LTD on behalf of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Higher Education Press Limited Company. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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