PCI rehabilitates Acehnese farmland

BANDA ACEH: Project Concern International (PCI) reported on Tuesday that it had cleaned up and rehabilitated 12 hectares of farmland in Aceh Besar regency that had been covered with mud and seawater by the tsunami.

PCI spokesman James Bean said the 12 hectares of land in Jantang could be replanted with various crops to benefit local farmers who survived the December tragedy.

"Planting was carried out in June and the first harvest will commence in early September," said Bean. The PCI will clean up and rehabilitate another 40 hectares of land in the area in the coming months, Bean said. -- Antara