(Hello Africa) Chinese hybrid rice brings new hope for bountiful harvests to Guinean farmers

As the harvest season is in full swing in June, bags of rice labeled "Chinese Hybrid Rice, Made in Guinea" are ready to be transported to markets at a rice processing plant in Koba, a sub-prefecture in Guinea's western prefecture of Boffa. To explore new ways to increase food production, China and Guinea launched a pilot hybrid rice project in Koba in 2019. CONAKRY, June 21