Belgium donates 550 tractors

Fri, 13 May 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The Belgian Embassy in Jakarta announced that Brussels
had donated 550 hand tractors for farmers in the tsunami-affected
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.

"These tractors will be distributed through the Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO). Our Ambassador (Hans-Christian
Kint) will be going to Aceh to attend the distribution program on
Friday," Alain Hanssen, counselor and deputy head of mission of
the Belgium Embassy, told The Jakarta Post.

Hanssen said the total cost of small lawnmower-sized plow
machines is 780,000 euros (around US$1 million).

The donation is intended to rehabilitate some 430 hectares of
farmland destroyed by the Dec. 26 tsunami tragedy. -- JP

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