Chinese, Kenyan scientists unveil inaugural harvest of high-yielding maize variety

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Chinese, Kenyan scientists unveil inaugural harvest of high-yielding maize variety

STORY: Chinese, Kenyan scientists unveil inaugural harvest of high-yielding maize variety DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:46 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Modern Agricultural Demonstration Area (MADA) adjacent to Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC) 2. various of maize harvesting 3. various of harvesting ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVID MBURU, Lecturer at College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) 5. various of maize fields 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YAN XUE, Executive director of SAJOREC and director of the International Cooperation and Education Division of the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 7. various of maize 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROBERT WAHITI GITURU, Kenyan botanist 9. various of local farmers working in the fields STORYLINE: The first harvest of a high-yielding maize variety conceived through joint research between Chinese and Kenyan scientists was un

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