Agricultural experts from the 12th Chinese Agricultural Technical Assistance Mission to Guinea-Bissau are supporting the production of high-quality rice in the Bafatá region of Guinea-Bissau, which has more than 25,000 hectares of irrigated rice fields. In this region hailed as Guinea-Bissau's “rice granary”, all the members of the 12th Chinese Agricultural Technical Assistance Mission to Guinea-Bissau come from Hubei Province in central China.

The Chinese team's agronomist explained to Xinhua that the Carantaba farm will serve as a demonstration site for advanced rice cultivation techniques. “The selected varieties will be transplanted here for expansion trials, and the seeds produced will then be promoted throughout the country by Guinea-Bissau's Ministry of Agriculture,” he added.

“Thanks to the continuous efforts of Chinese agricultural experts, even our remote village can now grow high-quality rice. We are deeply grateful!” said Queba Santos Seidi, head of the village of Manbonco.

(Source: Xinhua Portuguese, on February 5)