NZ gives $1.4m to RI

NZ gives $1.4m to RI

JAKARTA (JP): The New Zealand Government is giving US$1.4
million for technical assistance through its Official Development
Assistance program, the country's ambassador to Indonesia, Tim
Groser, said yesterday.

Groser said the money would support a three-year integrated
farm development project in Eastern Indonesia.

The project is aimed at increasing poorer farmers' income and
social welfare by increasing production and livestock
populations, he said.

Over 30,000 cattle and goats would be distributed in Eastern
Indonesian provinces of Sulawesi, and Maluku, he said.

The ambassador, together with Director General of Livestock
Erwin Soetirto, will symbolically hand over the livestock to
farmers in Bulukumba regency, South Sulawesi, on Feb. 21. (02)