The State Key Laboratory (SKL) of Agrobiotechnology at CUHK has been holding different series of public events, including academic talks on agriculture and food production and seminars on local farming and the importance of intercropping with soybeans to improve crop yields. For example, in 2024, the Education Bureau and the SKL of Agrobiotechnology jointly organized an Innovation and Technology seminar ‘The Journey of Soybean Research’, with secondary school students and teachers sharing their experience in promoting STEAM education through soybean cultivation activities and soybean-themed activities.
The Summer Research Placement Programme 2025 was held to forge closer relationships and strengthen research collaboration with the laboratory's partner SKL at the Northwest A&F University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Lanzhou University and Gansu Agricultural University.
The programme aims at reducing waste at source, solving hunger and alleviating poverty. Through the Food Angel kitchen in Sham Shui Po and the use of recycled food to produce nutritionally balanced hot meals, food is provided free of charge to the needy within the society.
Major Initiatives:
- Hot meal services
- Fostering communal support through volunteers
- Collection of edible food
The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for development, and is central for hunger and poverty eradication.
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