A delegation of agriculture experts from North Korea is in Georgia to learn about advanced farming techniques.

The five delegates are representatives of the North Korean Academy of Agricultural Sciences. On Wednesday, they toured irrigation systems and fields of corn, peanuts, cotton and soybeans at the University of Georgia's Rural Development Center.

The group, wrapping up a two-week visit Friday, is particularly interested in poultry and potatoes.

Kim Sam Ryong, deputy president of the North Korean Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said Georgia has achieved many advances in broiler production.

Kim also showed interest in the work of Stan Kays, a University of Georgia horticulturist, who has developed a sweet potato that tastes like an Irish potato. Kays accompanied them Wednesday to the center, about 200 miles south of Atlanta.

Kays, who visited North Korea in October, said North Korea has an area where the sweet potato grows very well, and is interested in the sweet potato as a viable field crop.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has reportedly instructed agriculturalists to increase potato and sweet potato production.