The Uzbek-South Korean center for potato seed production began work

The Uzbek-Korean center for potato seed production has opened in Samarkand (Uzbekistan). To create this center, a quadrilateral agreement was signed in March of this year between the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea, the Korean Rural Development Corporation, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the institute. The document provides for the attraction of funds from the Republic of Korea in the amount of $4.3 million. A tripartite memorandum was also signed between the GS-Bio joint venture, which is working to improve potato growing technology in the Samarkand region, the International Institute of Horticulture of Korea and the Samarkand Institute of Agro Innovation and Research. As UzDaily.uz writes, from September 12 to 15, leading specialists as part of the expert group of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Rural Settlements Development Corporation visited ...