IPB, Uncen join Freeport project

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) and the Jayapura-based Cendrawasih University (Uncen) were asked to fertilize 32,000 hectares of land in Irian Jaya belonging to PT Freeport.

"Freeport asked us to fertilize the land because they have been unable to do so," IPB rector Rokhmin Dahuri said on Friday.

He said the land would be apportioned to locals next February, adding that some 30 IPB experts had begun work on the project. (24/edt)