In brief
China’s Hainan provincial foreign affairs office and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences opened a three‑day tropical fruit training course in southern Sri Lanka on 10 November 2026. The program aims to share advanced cultivation methods and build on a two‑year China‑FAO South‑South cooperation project that boosted banana and mango yields. Sri Lankan officials view it as a new milestone in agricultural ties with China.
On 10 November 2026 Chinese officials and local technicians launched a three‑day training course on tropical fruit seedling propagation and high‑efficiency production techniques in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, according to Xinhua. The session, co‑organized by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and the foreign affairs office of China’s Hainan Province, will cover banana, pineapple and mango cultivation.
During the launch ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Wei Huaxiang expressed hopes that the course would expand cooperation between the two countries in tropical agriculture and contribute Chinese solutions to sustainable development in Sri Lanka, as reported by Xinhua.
Sri Lankan agricultural official W.L.O. Manel stated that the training marks the beginning of broader prospects for agricultural cooperation between Sri Lanka and China, citing Xinhua.
The program builds on a prior China‑FAO South‑South Cooperation Project that ran from April 2023 to September 2025. That project introduced practices such as fruit bagging and precise drip irrigation to local farmers and reported a 70 percent increase in banana output, over 50 percent rise in mango yield, and a 72 percent reduction in fertilizer use, according to Xinhua.
The training promises to deliver lectures and field study opportunities for Sri Lankan trainees, enabling them to learn advanced cultivation and production methods for the three tropical fruits highlighted in the program.
