Japan, RI cooperate

Japan, RI cooperate

JAKARTA (JP): Japan has agreed to help Indonesia improve the
living standards of farmers in some areas through the improvement
of technology and agricultural management.

The agreement of cooperation was signed here on Friday by
deputy chairman for economic affairs of the National Development
Planning Board (Bappenas) Muslimin Nasution and the Japanese
Embassy's Minister Zenji Kaminaga.

The embassy said in a statement that the five-year agreement
called for cooperation in the development of applied technology
and agro-ecosystems.

The cooperation will be implemented in irrigated areas in
South Sulawesi, highland areas in West Java, lowland areas in
West Nusa Tenggara and swamp areas in South Kalimantan.

Each project will be executed under the coordination of the
secretariat of the cooperation established at the Ministry of
Agriculture.(kod)