BOTSWANA-GABORONE-DROUGHT-TOLERANT RICE-INTRODUCING

(230620) -- GABORONE, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Julius Atlhopheng (L), Chief Executive Officer of Botswana's National Agricultural Research and Development Institute, shakes hands with African Agriculture PTY LTD (AA) Managing Director Miles Nan after signing a Memorandum of Understanding in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 19, 2023. Botswana's National Agricultural Research and Development Institute (NARDI) and African Agriculture PTY LTD (AA), an agricultural trading company based in Gaborone, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Monday to introduce new drought-tolerant rice varieties to increase yields. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)