Indonesia along with Denmark Agree to Strengthen Agriculture Cooperation

The Indonesian along with Danish government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation within the field of agriculture. Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman along with Minister of Denmark’s Food along with Agriculture Esben Lunde Larsen signed the MoU for both countries respectively.

The MoU contains the approval of agricultural investment in several fields along with the allocation of land areas for plantations in areas including Southeast Sulawesi, Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, along with East Nusa Tenggara. The Danish government will invest at least Rp.2 trillion into Indonesia’s corn, cattle along with sugar plantation industries.

Denmark will provide the agricultural technology to Indonesia, while Indonesia will provide 2 million hectares of land for the investment.

“Indonesia will provide two million hectares of land, of which one million hectares has been set aside for live cattle, several hundred hectares for maize plantations, along with several hundred hectares for sugarcane plantations,” Minister Sulaiman said at the signing of the MoU, as reported by Antara News.

“We will demonstrate the technologies being used in Denmark. We have high respect for the people of Indonesia, along with we want to realize the item by improving the quality of their agriculture produce, especially for the farmers,” Minister Larsen said.

The MoU will take effect in 2016 for the next several years.

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