Thanks to the help of Korean scientists from the Institute of Biotechnology, Kazakhstan will grow more sweet potatoes, Kazakh TV reports. The scientists have been sharing their know-how for three years now, and their work is beginning to bear fruit with sweet potato plantations now in three regions of Kazakhstan.
"Kazakhstan has a huge territory, and Korea has technologies to assist cultivation. We are ready to share our 25 years’ experience on cultivating sweet potatoes," Kwak Ssang-Soo, from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said.