Japan aid on farming

Sat, 22 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): The government of Japan yesterday endowed a 1.5
million yen (US$14.9 million) grant to improve food production by
Indonesia's low income farmers.

The grant will be distributed in 17 provinces, most of which
are located in eastern Indonesia. The funds will be used to
finance the procurement of agricultural materials and equipment
such as tractors, fertilizer and irrigation pumps.

Diplomatic notes of the grant were signed yesterday by
Japanese Ambassador Taizo Watanabe and Indonesian Director
General of Foreign Economic Relations Wisber Loeis.(mds)

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