KIGALI/FUZHOU, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) – It was pleasantly warm and dry in Rwanda in early August, and young farmers in Southern Province were celebrating a bountiful harvest. Their hands were not bunched with corn or rice but with mushrooms, cultivated with the help of a technology transferred from a country far away to this “land of a thousand hills” in Africa. (…) After decades of work, Lin and his team succeeded in selecting and breeding a type of high-yield, drought and salinity-resistant herbaceous plant that can be used as a substitute for wood to grow edible and medicinal mushrooms.
Throughout these years, Lin has faced gunpoint robberies, malaria, altitude sickness and long periods in remote outposts without electricity or water. Witnessing extreme poverty in developing countries further strengthened Lin’s commitment to Juncao.
“We go to the poorest places with a genuine intent to help the people,” Lin stated.
Lin noted that around 4,000 Rwandan households have benefited from the technology, with some experiencing their incomes double or even triple over the years.
This was a refreshing read. Technology well employed and at the service of the people gives abundant prosperity and at a very low cost. If only the capitalist would get out of the way, we would see great advancements for the benefit of our civilization.