我和科技小院的故事：非洲版

科技小院是建立在农村生产一线，集科技创新、人才培养和示范推广于一体的基层科技服务平台，由研究生和教授常年紧密联系农业生产一线，解决农业研究与生产应用脱节、农业人才培养与农业生产结合不紧密、农业技术转化效果差的问题，并在生产一线开展实用技术创新。
将科技小院培养模式应用到非洲高校人才培养体系中，了解非洲农业生产需求，适应非洲农业生产一线的工作，将中国先进农业技术应用于非洲并进行创新，培养知华、友华、爱华、亲华的高素质人才，大范围地服务非洲地区农业、农村和农民，改善民生条件和水平，推动非洲地方经济发展。
本书描述了非洲留学生在科技小院的成长历程与故事，记录了他们扎根农业生产一线过程中的所见、 所闻、 所思， 通过以科技小院模式培养非洲研究生的新做法， 探索了服务非洲农业绿色发展的机制。

郭宇，中国农业大学硕士研究生在读，中国农业大学曲周王庄科技小院成员，中非科技小院联络人，2020年荣获中国农业大学硕士研究生国家奖学金。

前言
让研究生驻扎在生产一线，与村民同住在村中的小院里，这可不是简单短暂的体验生活，他们三年研究生中大半时间是在这里学习、锻炼、成长。在为当地农民办讲座、解决生产问题、做服务的同时，也完成了自己的研究任务和学位论文，培养了自身吃苦耐劳的精神，以及发现实际问题、分析问题、解决问题的能力。这就是由中国农业大学资源与环境学院张福锁院士团队2009年在全国首创的科技小院工作模式。科技小院是建立在农村生产一线，集科技创新、人才培养和示范推广于一体的基层科技服务平台，由研究生和教授常年紧密联系农业生产一线，解决农业研究与生产应用脱节、农业人才培养与农业生产结合不紧密、农业技术转化效果差的问题，并在生产一线开展实用技术创新。
如今我们将进一步丰富科技小院培养模式，将集农业科技创新、社会服务和人才培养于一体的人才培养模式推广到国际化、创新型留学人才的培养中。以多学科教学、科研平台来推动非洲国家农业人才培养-技术示范-产品生产和推广机制建设。通过将科技小院培养模式移植到非洲高校人才培养体系中，了解非洲农业生产需求，适应非洲农业生产一线的工作，将中国先进农业技术应用于非洲并进行创新，培养知华、友华、爱华、亲华的高素质人才，大范围服务非洲地区农业、农村和农民，改善民生条件和水平，推动非洲地方经济发展。
本书以留学生作为讲述者，他们用最真实的文字，向身边乃至世界范围内对“中非科技小院”感兴趣的人们，诉说他们在中国的故事，展现最真实的样貌和他们最真切的感触。同时本书也是让更多的人认识科技小院模式，了解“中非科技小院”的媒介。
本书由来自非洲八个国家（埃塞俄比亚、尼日利亚、赞比亚、津巴布韦、莫桑比克、坦桑尼亚、塞内加尔、布基纳法索）的22名中非科技小院项目（Sino-Africa STB Project）研究生撰写，另外由中非科技小院项目学生助管郭宇、姜姗担任编者，留学生们以本书为窗口分享他们在中国学习的经历与见闻。同时本书也是根据中非科技小院项目的留学生在中国实践案例报告编写的，旨在为大家留下一份难忘的回忆。
本书从征稿到整理出版历时较长时间，中间经过多次修改与完善。也得到了许多老师们宝贵的建议。
因此，在这里特别感谢张福锁院士、江荣风教授、焦小强副教授以及中国农业大学资源与环境学院植物营养系各位老师的悉心指导。他们在很多方面给予了宝贵的建议，为了保证本书顺利、高质量的完成出版，花费了大量的工作和业余时间，再次表达衷心的感谢和敬意。
由于编者水平有限，书中难免存在不足之处，敬请读者批评指正。

编者



Preface
Having postgraduate students live at the front line of production and living with villagers in a small courtyard in the village is not simply a short experience of life—they spend most of their three years as postgraduate students here to learn, exercise and grow. While giving lectures, solving production problems and providing services to local farmers, they also completed their research tasks and graduation thesis, and cultivated their spirit of hardship and hard work, as well as their ability to find practical problems, analyze them and solve them. This is the work model of STB pioneered by the team of academician Zhang Fusuo from the College of Resources and Environment of China Agricultural University in 2009 in China. It is a grass roots science and technology service platform established at the front line of rural production, integrating science and technology innovation, talent cultivation and demonstration and promotion, with postgraduates and professors in close contact with the front line of agricultural products all year round, solving the problems of disconnection between agricultural research and production application, poor integration between agricultural talent cultivation and agricultural production, and poor transformation of agricultural technology, and carrying out practical technological innovation at the front line of production.
Now we will further enrich the cultivation model of the STB and extend the talent cultivation model integrating agricultural science and technology innovation, social service and talent cultivation to the cultivation of international and innovative overseas talents. We will use the multidisciplinary teaching and research platform to promote the construction of the mechanism of agricultural talent cultivation, technology demonstration, product production and promotion in African countries. By transplanting the training model of STB into the talent training system of African universities, the students will understand the needs of agricultural production in Africa, adapt to the front-line work of agricultural production in Africa, apply Chinese advanced agricultural technology in Africa and make innovations cultivate high-quality talents who know China, befriend China, love China and are pro-China, serve the agriculture, rural areas and farmers in Africa on a large scale, improve the conditions and level of people’s livelihood, and promote local economic development in Africa.
The book uses international students as narrators to tell their stories in China to people around them and the world who are interested in the “Sino-Africa Science and Technology Backyard”, showing the most realistic pictures and their most sincere feelings. The book also serves as a medium for more people to get to know the model and the “Sino-Africa Science and Technology Backyard”.
This book is written by 22 graduate students from eight African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Senegal, and Burkina Faso) in the Sino-Africa STB Project, and edited by Guo Yu and Jiang Shan, student assistants of the Sino-Africa STB Project. This is a book about the experiences and insights of the international students studying in China. It is also written as a case report of international students’ practice in China for Sino-Africa STB Project, which can leave a precious memory for everyone.
This book took a long time from the call for papers to the publication, and was revised and improved many times. It has also received many valuable suggestions from teachers.
Therefore, we would like to express our special thanks to academician Zhang Fusuo, Professor Jiang Rongfeng, Associate Professor Jiao Xiaoqiang, and teachers of the Department of Plant Nutrition. They have given valuable advice in many aspects and spent a lot of their time, both during work and in their spare time, to ensure the smooth and high-quality completion of this book for publication.

Editors

My life in China： a tale of unforgettable experiences 1

Living my dreams in China 14

My journey to delightful life and hands-on learning in China 22

Working Experience in China 31

My journey to achieving my goals： Study in China 39

From Africa to Asia： My China’s life experience 50

My experience in Quzhou County at Quzhou Experimental Station 56

The first appearance on Chinese soil—a dream turned into reality 66

My life in China, practical experience at Quzhou 81

Into the unknown： My China Experience 86

My most memorable experience 97

My life history in China 101

Filling the Void! My China Experience 104

Learning Expedition： My Experiences in an Agrarian-Rural Community in China 114

My most wonderful discoveries in China 118

Between the lines of a Mozambican student looking for solutions to Hunger 126

Exquisite tale of my life in China 135

The ultimate Chinese experience—agriculture, language and friendship 143

The summary of my history at China Agricultural University and Quzhou Experimental Station 153

My story in China and Quzhou Experimental Station 158

My unforgettable life in Beijing, China 164

Dream hunter： My successful agricultural experiences in China 167