S. Korea helps agricultural project

BOGOR: The regency administration held a joint project with South Korea government to convert around 10 hectares of dry soil in Tenjo area into a farming land.

Bogor administration secretary, Yuyun Muslihat, explained that the South Korea government will provide equipments, vehicles, and crop seeds, as well as trainings for farmers on which crop can grow well on dry soil.

"We hope that such technology assistance from South Korea government can help the crops growing productively," he said after a plenary session at the Bogor legislative council on Tuesday.

He added that the land in Tenjo area is originally a model for dry-soil agriculture, where only particular crops which can be harvested after one year or seasonal were planted.

No information on details of the project was available. Facilities for the project executors had been built in the area, while the project is about to started, Yuyun said.

The project is a government-to-government cooperation in which Bogor was chosen as the venue because the regency is the closest to Jakarta. -- JP