Strengthening Central and Local Government Capacity in Support of Gender-Transformative Public Policies to Increase Productivity and Access to Markets of Smallholder Farmers in Ecuardor. The project endeavours to strengthen sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity anddiversify crops, especially rice, with a gender approach. Through WFP China COE's facilitation, the project's technical partner Hunan Agricultural University (HAU) prepared video courses that covered the following topics: Rice Full Mechanised Production Technology, Establishment and Management of Agricultural Products Traceability System, Ecological Planting and Breeding Technology in Rice Fields, Multi-cropping Technology of Rice, and New Methods and Technologies for Rice Production. WFP China COE has delivered these course videos to Ecuador CO through HQ and will be broadcast in organised learning sessions. 

As for next stage's work, Dr. Qu Sixi visited HAU in October and consulted with Prof. Huang Huang, the leading professor for the SSTC nominated Chinese expert team from the HAU. WFP China COE, Ecuador CO and the WFP HQ all expect more online technical workshop to be carried out to tackle grass-root issues in the rice value chain for smallholder farmers in Ecuador.