Liu Gaoqiong (L) , a Chinese expert who introduced the first green house for tomato planting into Kenya in 1997, checks experimental stevia planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
NAIROBI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Being the largest economy in East Africa, Kenya still faces serious challenge in fight poverty.
As the Sino-African relations are getting stronger in recent years, this continent has attracted more and more Chinese people and companies to invest in African countries with their fund, knowledge and skills to help Africa fight against poverty, to prosper and thrive.
Chinese expert Liu Gaoqiong introduced the first green house for tomato planting into Kenya in 1997.
Now Liu and his Chinese and Kenyan colleagues are trying to induce a cash crop stevia to this country.
Local workers work at the field where the experimental stevia are planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Local workers work at the field where the experimental stevia are planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Photo taken on Otc. 13, 2016 shows the field where the experimental stevia are planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Liu Gaoqiong (front), a Chinese expert who introduced the first green house for tomato planting into Kenya in 1997, talks with his Kenyan colleague over phone while checking the experimental stevia planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
George, a local worker, plants tomato sprouts inside a green house at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2016 shows a green house for tomatoes at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Liu Gaoqiong (front) , a Chinese expert who introduced the first green house for tomato planting into Kenya in 1997, checks experimental stevia planted at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 13, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
