Organizer:

College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University

International Office, China Agricultural University

China-Africa Joint Center for Arid Region Agriculture Exchange, Demonstration and Training (Shiyang River)

National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Efficient Water Use of Oasis Agriculture in Wuwei of Gansu Province

State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources, Beijing, China

Background:

China and the Belt and Road countries have been making joint efforts to deepen agricultural cooperation and to broaden various cooperation fields, which not only expands people-to-people exchange but also brings our partnership to a greater level. The Summer School in 2024 includes course learning, campus activities, and a field trip. It is exactly a positive response to the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping, toward a high-level global community with a shared future.

Why join?

Food security is closely linked to water security, since food production heavily depends on freshwater availability around the world. Climate change, population increase, water resources scarcity, and water quality deterioration are causing great challenges to food production and threatening water and food security worldwide. Improving agricultural water productivity through integrated measures will be an essential part of solutions.

The knowledge of intelligent use of agricultural water resources and the skills of hydrological modelling will be learned in the course study part. The diversified cultural activities will be attended in the campus of China Agricultural University.

With its lower reaches surrounded by the Badain Jaran and the Tengger deserts, the Shiyang River Basin has suffered from severe drought and desertification over 50 years. We will visit the Experimental Station (National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Efficient Water Use of Oasis Agriculture in Wuwei of Gansu Province) where a variety of experiments on water-saving irrigation technologies is being conducted. The field trip included in the Summer School is highly recommended if you want to obtain knowledge on how to save water for agriculture in arid region.

By joining the course learning in the Summer School, you will:

1.     Learn the knowledge of intelligent use of agricultural water resources.

2.     Have the skills of hydrological modelling over a river basin.

By joining the campus activities in the Summer School, you will:

3.     Attend the diversified cultural activities.

4.     Visit the State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Agricultural Water Resources.

By joining the field trip in the Summer School, you will:

5.     Visit Shiyanghe Experimental Station of China Agricultural University (National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Efficient Water Use of Oasis Agriculture in Wuwei of Gansu Province) to learn advanced agricultural water-saving technology.

6.     Tour of Gulang ecological environment protection area to experience the ecological benefits of agricultural water-saving technology.

For the field trip part, Kazakh students will be accompanied by CAU undergraduate students and African students, which is “1+1+1” pattern. 

Event time: July 9 - July 23, 2024

How to apply

In case Kazakhstan students are interested in applying, please apply for it on International student service system （http://apply.cau.edu.cn/）and send your resume to Ms. Fu (Email：fuxiaoli@cau.edu.cn).  The Summer School does not provide round-trip airfare to China.

Application deadline: 23:59 GMT, June 10th, 2024 (GMT)

Maximum numbers of members: 10 Kazakhstan students

CAU International Office and College of Water Resources & Civil Engineering will screen the applications in due time. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as possible. For any questions or concerns, please contact Ms. Fu (Email：fuxiaoli@cau.edu.cn).