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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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02:27Ma Wenbu's mentor is Professor Lin Jiangxi, hailed in China as the father of Juncao.
02:36Thirty-eight years ago, he developed the technology of using grasses instead of wood to cultivate edible fungi.
02:43This technique has since been promoted to many countries around the world.
02:49So you have to make sure the water and that's a fire of that stove.
02:56In the past, due to limited conditions, the sterilized substrate cultivation method was often used when producing substrates for edible fungi.
03:05This involves high temperature sterilization after raw material filling.
03:10Mushroom substrate packs processed this way are less prone to pests and decay and require minimal management after planting, ensuring both high yield and high quality from the mushrooms.
03:25The raw material cultivation techniques, on the other hand, don't require sterilization, thus reducing energy consumption.
03:33However, these techniques make it difficult to control spoilage and pest infestation, and they have extremely stringent environmental and temperature requirements.
03:47Some diseases, some contamination, that was my challenge.
03:57Some diseases, some contamination, that was my challenge.
04:02Some diseases, some contamination, that was my challenge.
04:05Some diseases, some contamination, that was my challenge.
04:09Some diseases, some species.
04:15Lin Jiangxi told Ma Wenbuo that the selection of strains and the altitude difference are the key.
04:24So you'll give in a pinch of it.
04:26Lin John Shi told Ma Wen Bull that the selection of strains
04:31and the altitude difference are the key.
04:33How can I manage to control the high contamination?
04:39Sometimes the students think that if you have your supervisor,
04:46is a very high person.
04:47Even to meet him, you are shy to meet him.
04:51But Professor Lin, there is the humble teacher.
04:55I don't fear to go to his office when I have a problem.
05:09My teacher is humble for me and he has always helped me.
05:14With Professor Lin, I hope that I will achieve my goal more than 100%.
05:21Looking at the results again helped Ma Wen Bull see things more clearly.
05:39Most of our experiment is related to the climate.
05:46Sometimes you can get the high contamination or less.
05:51So to balance it, you have to manage the temperature,
05:55the climate change, and the different varieties.
05:59The crushed and ground junsao grass can be directly inoculated
06:12without being dried or sterilized.
06:15But the ratio of junsao fragments to other materials like bran
06:19and lime needs to be adjusted.
06:22Ma Wen Bull hopes to make a breakthrough with his research.
06:26I suppose to graduate two thousand years from overseas.
06:32I suppose to graduate two thousand years from under the
06:49I suppose to graduate 2025, I plan to go home and work closely with Junsa in the Lulu
07:04area for my country, and I hope that it will help my country, even for our neighbor's country.
07:10Ma Wenbuo has been away from home for over four years. As he waits for his experimental
07:25results, he contacts his wife in Rwanda.
07:27I'm lucky to have a very hardworking woman. My wife is very hardworking. Every day we
07:48talk. It gives me some idea for what I can do for my research.
07:54And for her also, it gives him some hope to achieve her goal in her duty for every day.
08:11Ma Wenbuo's wife, Mediatrice, is also involved in promoting and developing Junsao technology.
08:22Despite their different time zones, they share a common goal.
08:31I will also focus on Junsao science. This technology helps Rwandan people in all ways. Economy and
08:43nutrition and also get a good livelihood to their home. It is good technology in terms of
08:55different areas.
08:57Like her husband, Mediatrice also studied at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.
09:16However, Mediatrice is conducting a different innovative experiment.
09:35In this rapidly growing cornfield, Mediatrice instructs the farmers in spreading a special
09:50fertilizer across the field. The fertilizer is fermented from the spent mushroom substrates.
09:56By recycling nutrient-rich spent mushroom substrates, farmers can save on costs. If widely adopted,
10:09this practice can inject new energy into Rwanda's sustainable economic development.
10:15I have a big dilemma related to Junsao technology. My wish is to promote it at the high level.
10:30The future is the future. It is the leader of the military.
10:35The military.
10:37The military.
10:38The military.
10:39The military.
10:40The military.
10:41I just want to go back to them,
10:43and then practice training,
10:45and broadcast,
10:47and innovation,
10:49and move forward.
10:55Every country,
10:57all the people,
10:59in fact,
11:01they want to be able to grow and grow,
11:03and to be able to grow,
11:05and to be able to grow,
11:07and to be able to grow.
11:09One, two, three.
11:11Junsao!
11:23Inspired by the research
11:25and promotion of Junsao
11:27technology, people are developing
11:29more projects in Rwanda
11:31to achieve sustainable development.
11:39Kimironko
11:41is the largest farmers' market
11:43in Kigali,
11:45Rwanda's capital.
11:47Leonidas has a permanent stall here,
11:49mainly selling mushrooms.
11:51Today, however,
11:53he has brought a new product,
12:05that could replace coal.
12:07It is his own invention,
12:09made from spent mushroom substrates.
12:13When mushroom traders,
12:23about all the market,
12:25we have our brand,
12:27because we sell the mushroom
12:29at the farm market,
12:31in the supermarket,
12:33and the other time,
12:35we export our mushroom
12:37outside,
12:39in the region.
12:43After learning about Junsao
12:45technology in 2007,
12:47Leonidas founded a mushroom company,
12:49which has become quite large
12:51locally.
12:53Besides growing mushrooms,
12:55the company produces at least 5,000
12:57mushroom substrate packs per month.
12:59The main components of the packs
13:01are crushed Junsao,
13:05cottonseed husks,
13:07and other organic materials.
13:09These provide ample nutrients
13:11for mushroom growth.
13:15After several harvests of mushrooms,
13:17the packs need to be replaced.
13:24Whenever Leonidas sees the mountains
13:26of spent mushroom substrates,
13:28he always feels it is a waste.
13:37In rural Rwanda,
13:39cutting trees to make charcoal
13:41remains the preferred method
13:42of obtaining fuel.
13:44Extensive tree felling
13:46has not only caused serious soil erosion,
13:49but also increased the risk
13:51of natural disasters.
13:53The government told us
13:55they have taken measure
13:57that in 2013,
13:59no one will continue
14:00to use the firewood
14:02in order to protect
14:04the environment.
14:06So what you can do?
14:08Leonidas read that the spent mushroom substrate,
14:14still retaining the plant fibers,
14:16could be used to produce a clean fuel.
14:19Realizing that this waste product
14:21could be made of value again,
14:23Leonidas decided to invest in research
14:26and development.
14:27after being sun-dried,
14:30the spent mushroom substrate is carbonized,
14:34mixed with ingredients like corn husks,
14:37then pressed into molds and dried.
14:39For Leonidas and his staff,
14:42each step in making the new type of fuel bricks
14:44is a novelty.
14:46Many in the first batch broke apart after molding.
14:52There was a problem that needed to be resolved.
15:01Hello, Chen.
15:02Hey, are you okay?
15:04Are you okay?
15:05For the first time we have test
15:07using this waste from mushroom
15:11and we take the sample to center
15:15to show us how we can make some carbonization.
15:29With the help of experts
15:31and after several different formula,
15:33Leonidas' company finally produced
15:35a new type of charcoal
15:37that met his expectations.
15:48Leonidas was eager to find out
15:49whether the market would accept this new product.
16:01aside from the mushrooms,
16:16his customers are also very interested
16:19in this low-cost new fuel.
16:21Their interest reassured Leonidas.
16:24This is very clean, our chapel.
16:27It's a green chapel.
16:28It's called the green chapel.
16:29It's called the green chapel.
16:31In February 2023,
16:33the first African regional workshop
16:34on applications of Juntsao technology
16:36was held in Rwanda.
16:37Representatives from various African countries
16:39visited Leonidas' company
16:41to support the use of Leonidas.
16:42In February 2023,
16:44the first African regional workshop
16:46on applications of Juntsao technology
16:48was held in Rwanda.
16:50Representatives from various African countries
16:52visited Leonidas' company
16:54to see his green charcoal production line.
16:56Thank you very much.
16:58I'm Leonidas.
17:00Of course,
17:01North America, North West.
17:03What did you do?
17:04Then we produced this charcoal.
17:08Leonidas' circular industry model
17:10attracted the attention of many attendees
17:12and was met with approval from the experts.
17:15We get this chance to be in the African Union.
17:31First of all, the African people...
17:34The inspiration brought by Juntsao Technology
17:37continues to drive Leonidas' business.
17:40He hopes his green charcoal
17:43will eventually be scaled up
17:45to allow more people
17:46to use this new source of energy.
18:03Innovation is shaping Rwanda's future.
18:05Some young people are boldly exploring green development
18:10using Juntsao Technology.
18:16The path to success cannot necessarily be replicated,
18:20but it can always inspire.
18:22If you stay true to your original intent,
18:26you can have limitless strength.
18:28That's who?
18:30That's our teachers.
18:32Who are our teachers?
18:34Who are they?
18:35Who are they?
18:36They are Chinese.
18:37We are Chinese.
18:38Our teachers are Chinese.
18:41My name is Obadiangbo.
18:43I'm Luanda,
18:44I'm Luanda.
18:46I'm 33 years old
18:48and I am a business person who love agriculture.
18:54A few years earlier, Obed would never have imagined he would have anything to do with
19:12Junsao technology.
19:15Just as he was graduating, he was facing a tough time to find work.
19:24His father had died young, and the family relied on the farming income generated by his mother
19:35and elder sister, while he had two younger brothers still in school.
19:40Obed worried about the future.
19:44Because I'm the eldest in the family, my family needed my support.
19:49So at the beginning, it was challenging.
20:04Obed owns an agricultural company which, after four years of development, has shifted its main business from selling mushrooms to producing mushroom substrate packs under higher technical requirements.
20:17As demand for his products increase, Obed is happy he made the right decision.
20:24In 2019, Obed casually bought a few imported packs from the market and grew mushrooms for the first time.
20:38At that time, almost all the edible mushrooms in Rwanda were imported and prices were high.
20:46Obed, with his background in accounting, smelt a business opportunity.
20:51So why should we do that here?
20:52Why shouldn't we import raw materials where we can even use locally found materials?
21:02If I produce them by myself, that profit, I will keep it by myself.
21:06Just like that, on the spot, with limited information and a lot of enthusiasm, Obed
21:23started his exploration of homemade mushroom substrate packs using local crops.
21:40Obed tried various local crops, including corn stalks and elephant grass, but never found
21:45the right candidate.
21:55Until one day, Obed suddenly realized the answer was right under his nose.
22:04A mild climate, combined with abundant rainfall, gives Rwanda the reputation of being a land
22:12of bananas.
22:14On the mountain ridges, banana forests stretch into the distance.
22:19Could the abundant banana leaves be used as material for making mushroom substrate packs?
22:25Obed started a new round of trials.
22:29So I started searching on the internet, seeing how to chop, how to make them, I tried it,
22:36I tested that, and it worked.
22:41Banana leaves, similar to others in the Junsao category, become soft when wet.
22:56This reduces the risk of contamination caused by puncturing the packs.
23:01Even so, Obed still has strict standards for cutting.
23:17With abundant fresh materials, the next stage is making the dream come true.
23:22Time will tell whether his formula will succeed.
23:27At the beginning, my family didn't love it.
23:30They think I was supposed to go to a white-collar job.
23:32Then, up to now, they said, oh, you can do whatever, because you have seen it, trying new things,
23:50and being successful.
24:03They said that the market appreciated the quality of our mushrooms.
24:07Before, the production level was 3,000 cubes per month.
24:12We are now quite confident that we are targeting making it 6,000.
24:18Just when Obed was feeling confident, the unexpected struck.
24:41Many packs from a newly developed batch went moldy.
24:44If the situation worsened, it would not only affect revenue, but also damage the reputation of his business.
24:55Whenever he hit a problem, Obed would think of the Chinese scientist who had inspired him.
25:02He said that he helped many people in the English province, many people in Africa, South Africa.
25:20One day, we go to China, to come to China to see how they do it practically.
25:31After much effort, Obed finally got the necessary qualifications to attend an advanced Junsao technology course in China,
25:48the birthplace of Junsao technology.
25:52It's really amazing to come here and visit many companies with many varieties of mushrooms,
26:02with many machines, and a very important friend.
26:06I finally met the producers.
26:08It was really exciting.
26:09I trained them so that they get the tubes to plant.
26:24Communicating with his hero face-to-face and getting his contact information through Obed.
26:30During his days in China, Obed systematically studied Junsao technology,
26:52and was able to further improve his formula for homemade mushroom substrate packs.
27:02I think the first time 2011, second time 2014, very limited water resources.
27:12We don't just want to teach them to feed them,
27:16but we also want to help their young people.
27:19These people are their biggest resources.
27:22If you give them these conditions,
27:24they can create their own business.
27:27They can create their own business.
27:28They can serve their own society.
27:30They can serve their own society.
27:32And...
27:54My dream is, uh, make my country a role model in Africa.
27:57So that in the years to come, people will come to learn from Rwanda.
27:58What I'm going to do now is make sure that too many young people will get inspired by
28:05me, like I get inspired by the leadership.
28:11In many places, the army is created for China, but we have created a lot of gifts that we have
28:39Because this is China, it's called the Chinese
28:44We have a different time
28:46We have a lot of young people
28:48We have a lot of young people
29:09Oh, my God.
29:39Oh, my God.
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