双语新闻：中国科学家计划提高非洲木薯产量

Xinhua News Agency, Sanya, November 15 (Reporter Chen Kaizi, Luo Jiang) The reporter learned from the second China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation Forum on the 15th that the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences launched the "Help Africa cassava production doubling plan", which will demonstrate and promote more than 500,000 hectares of cassava new varieties and new technologies in Africa, doubling cassava production per unit area, in order to effectively enhance its independent ability to guarantee food security.

新华社三亚11月15日电（记者陈凯姿、罗江）记者15日从第二届中非农业合作论坛上获悉，中国热带农业科学院启动了“助力非洲木薯产量倍增计划”，将在非洲地区示范推广木薯新品种、新技术50万公顷以上，将木薯单产提高一倍，以有效提升其粮食安全自主保障能力。

Chinese agronomists plan to boost the cultivation of better-quality cassava varieties in Africa, which relies on the starchy tubers as a major source of food.

中国农学家计划在非洲推广优质木薯品种的种植，这些木薯依赖于淀粉块茎作为主要的食物来源。

The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences says it plans to introduce new varieties and advanced farming techniques to raise the yield of the root crops in African countries.

中国热带农业科学院表示，它计划引进新品种和先进的农业技术，以提高非洲国家根茎作物的产量。

They announced the plan at the second Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Agriculture, which concluded on Wednesday in the city of Sanya.

他们在周三于三亚闭幕的第二届中非农业合作论坛上宣布了这一计划。