Aerial view of workers cutting rice samples at the INIA (Agricultural Research Institute) experimental rice crops in San Carlos, Ñuble region, Chile, on April 10, 2025. As Chile has been experiencing an unprecedented drought for about fifteen years due to climate change, scientist Karla Cordero from the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) has developed a new variety of rice resulting from the crossbreeding of a Chilean seed and another of Russian origin, better adapted to cold and dry climates. (Photo by RAUL BRAVO / AFP)
