EC envoy touring provinces

EC envoy touring provinces

JAKARTA: Head of the European Commission in Indonesia,
ambassador Klauspeter Schmallenbach has left Jakarta for a one-
week visit to EC-Indonesia development projects in East Java,
Bali and West Nusa Tenggara.

During his visits to East Java and Lombok, Schmallenbach will
observe the seed production technologies there which are being
compiled in the Palawija (secondary crops) Seed Production and
Marketing project, which is helping the region improve production
and marketing strategies of the palawija seed industry.

In Bali, he will visit the citrus production area which is a
part of the provincial government's agricultural development
policy to re-establish citrus production in the Singaraja region
of northern Bali.

The four-year Bali project is expected to provide irrigation
water and supply drinking water to farmers and their families in
the area.

Schmallenbach is also scheduled to meet government officials
in the provinces he visits. (pwn)