A team of North Korean agriculture experts is visiting Russia this week, in what appears to be Pyongyang’s latest attempt to glean information for boosting crop yields.

The “working-level” delegation led by Kim Kwang Uk, president of the DPRK Academy of Agricultural Sciences, departed for Russia on Friday, the Korean Central News Agency wrote in a short report the following day.

The report didn’t provide details on the delegation’s itinerary or the duration of their visit.

The visit comes after Russia’s prime minister greenlitplans for the agricultural ministry to sign a cooperative agreement with the DPRK’s Agricultural Commission in