Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) and Wageningen University (WU) Joint PhD Programme has been established to strengthen collaboration. The programme follows a “1+2+1” mode, with 2 years at WU and 2 years at FAFU, leading to a PhD diploma awarded individually by each university. Hence, candidates are registered at FAFU and WU, and will be supervised by distinguished faculty from both FAFU and WU where the first promotor is a Wageningen senior scientist as the first graduation will be at WU. This programme is supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC).