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)