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RI TO APPLY BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Brasilia, Nov 20 (ANTARA) - Attracted by Brazilian agricultural technology, visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia would apply it to increase its own agricultural production.
The president made the statement during a visit to the Brazilian government's agricultural research institute, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa), here on Wednesday.
On the occasion, Embrapa executive director Tatiana de Sa briefed Yudhoyono on the activities of the institute which was established in 1973 and being run under the coordination of the country's agricultural ministry.
At present the institute had 8,400 workers , 2,210 researchers and around 1,000 experts on agriculture who gave advice to farmers.
Tatiana said Embraga's work to increase agricultural production began to yield results in 1991. For instance, the country's production of sugar and its derivative ethanol had since then increased by 139.8 percent or at a rate of 15 percent per year.
Meanwhile, President Yudhoyono said that in a bilateral meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, here on Wednesday, it was agreed the two countries would step up cooperation in the agricultural sector to increase Indonesia's national agricultural production, especially production of rice, soybean, and sugar.
"We want to study the Brazilian concept of technology, research, development and other innovations in order to increase Indonesia's agricultural production," Yudhoyono said.
He said Indonesia wanted to apply Brazilian agricultural technology to increase its own agricultural and energy production.
"We are convinced that to increase our agricultural production we need coordinated technology, and thus we want to learn from Brazil," Yudhoyono added.
In the bilateral meeting on Wednesday, Yudhoyono said Indonesia and Brazil as countries with big agricultural potentials could exchange their farm products and even strive to achieve agricultural complementariness.
The president said trade between the two countries in the last nine months reached US$1.7 billion and needed to be further increased.
In the meantime, President Lula also hoped that the trade volume of the two nations would be increased in order to improve the welfare of both nations.
President Lula said trade between the two states was recorded at a total value of lUS$1.5 billion in 2007. This year it was expected to reach UA$2 billion and next year US$3 billion.
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The president made the statement during a visit to the Brazilian government's agricultural research institute, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa), here on Wednesday.
On the occasion, Embrapa executive director Tatiana de Sa briefed Yudhoyono on the activities of the institute which was established in 1973 and being run under the coordination of the country's agricultural ministry.
At present the institute had 8,400 workers , 2,210 researchers and around 1,000 experts on agriculture who gave advice to farmers.
Tatiana said Embraga's work to increase agricultural production began to yield results in 1991. For instance, the country's production of sugar and its derivative ethanol had since then increased by 139.8 percent or at a rate of 15 percent per year.
Meanwhile, President Yudhoyono said that in a bilateral meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, here on Wednesday, it was agreed the two countries would step up cooperation in the agricultural sector to increase Indonesia's national agricultural production, especially production of rice, soybean, and sugar.
"We want to study the Brazilian concept of technology, research, development and other innovations in order to increase Indonesia's agricultural production," Yudhoyono said.
He said Indonesia wanted to apply Brazilian agricultural technology to increase its own agricultural and energy production.
"We are convinced that to increase our agricultural production we need coordinated technology, and thus we want to learn from Brazil," Yudhoyono added.
In the bilateral meeting on Wednesday, Yudhoyono said Indonesia and Brazil as countries with big agricultural potentials could exchange their farm products and even strive to achieve agricultural complementariness.
The president said trade between the two countries in the last nine months reached US$1.7 billion and needed to be further increased.
In the meantime, President Lula also hoped that the trade volume of the two nations would be increased in order to improve the welfare of both nations.
President Lula said trade between the two states was recorded at a total value of lUS$1.5 billion in 2007. This year it was expected to reach UA$2 billion and next year US$3 billion.
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