The Korea Times
Korea moved to deepen agricultural ties with Uzbekistan this week, advancing exports of Korean dairy breeding technology and expanding cooperation on high-yield rice cultivation projects that officials said could help modernize farming in Central Asia. The Rural Development Administration said Friday that Administrator Lee Seung-don visited Uzbekistan Wednesday and Thursday to strengthen the spread of Korean dairy and rice farming technologies through joint projects with the Uzbek government. During a field demonstration at Sultan Farm in the Syrdarya region Wednesday, Korean embryo exporters and the Uzbek farm signed a letter of intent on the export and import of Korean dairy cattle embryos, formalizing plans for broader cooperation. According to the administration, pregnancy success rates for cattle implanted with Korean dairy embryos reached 50 percent, compared with 30 percent for other imported embryos. Dairy cows treated with Korean veterinary medicines also produced an average of 2.4 kilograms more milk per day. Lee later visited Uzbekistan’s Rice Research Institute, where he me
Go to News Site