Bogor (ANTARA News) - Asian experts on the application of information technology in agriculture began a four-day meeting here Monday to discuss ways of speeding up the dissemination of information technology among Asian farmers. The experts are members of then Asian Federation for Information and Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) holding their biennial meeting in Bogor hosted by the Bagor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), an IPB spokesperson , Henny Windarti, said.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik said he was optimistic that the number of foreign tourists who visited Indonesia in 2010 would exceed the target of seven million. "I am confident that the 7 million foreign tourist arrival target would be achieved or even exceeded," the minister said here on Monday.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has issued an energy and mineral resources ministerial decisiion no 17 of 2010 on mineral and coal sales check prices. "The regulation took effect September 23, 2010, must be followed by all mineral and coal producers," Mineral and Coal Director General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Bambang Setiawan said here Monday.

Bogor, West Java (ANTARA News) - The seventh international conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) being held in Bogor, West Java, is expected to give a boost to the agribusiness sector, one of the meeting`s organIzers said. Prof. Dr. Kudang Boro Seminar, chairman of the conference`s steering committee, said the meeting`s main focus was on acceleration of the use of information technology (IT) in the field of agriculture or agribusiness.

JAKARTA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government was urged to develop growth centers in the eastern part to fill economic gap with western and central ones, a press statement said here on Monday. Eastern Indonesia public figures, parliament and senate agreed that the economic gap pushed youngsters from the territory to come to the capital city of Jakarta with a dream of better living. "However, it is very difficult to get jobs in Jakarta.

"In other countries, the percentage never reaches above five percent" VIVAnews - The costs for logistics in Indonesia are apparently higher compared to other countries. However, the efforts to reduce the amount have yet to be carried out by the government. Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Entrepreneurs (Apindo), Sofyan Wanandi, claimed that Indonesia has the highest tariff on logistics in Southeast Asia.