Seminar on agri-business planned

Seminar on agri-business planned

JAKARTA (JP): A seminar and exhibition on agriculture and
agribusiness advanced technology, with a special focus on
potatoes and poultry, will be held on June 5 to June 9 to promote
Indonesian-Dutch economic cooperation.

The Indonesia-Netherlands Association announced yesterday that
a business delegation, lead by a former Dutch minister of
agriculture, Piet Bukman, will arrive in Jakarta soon, to
participate in the seminar and exhibition, to be called Holland
Agro 1995.

The delegation members are representatives of companies
specializing in the production of animal feed, veterinary
medicines and feed additives, slaughtering equipment, cooling and
air-treatment equipment and storage facilities, as well as
providing finance and consulting services, it said.

It said the seminar, organized by the association, will
present, on June 5, Indonesian and Dutch speakers to elaborate
various aspects of potato and poultry production and processing.
State Minister of Food Ibrahim Hasan will deliver his keynote
speech at the meeting.

The seminar will be followed by business meetings from June 7
to June 9, to explore the possibilities of economic cooperation
between Indonesian and Dutch companies.

The exhibition will be opened by Minister of Agriculture
Sjarifudin Baharsjah in a ceremony attended by Netherlands
Ambassador Paul R. Brouwer. It will be participated in by 33
Dutch companies and attended by executives of about 700
Indonesian companies. (32)