Bangkok – The Republic of Indonesia will provide experts and technicians as well as inputs, tools and equipment to improve productivity of small-scale farmers in developing countries, in cooperation with FAO. A Letter of Intent to this effect was signed today in Bangkok by the Indonesian minister of agriculture Anton Apriyantono and FAO director-general Jacques Diouf.

Under the agreement, Indonesia will strengthen national and regional programmes for food security designed by selected developing countries – with the assistance of FAO – aimed at achieving the World Food Summit and Millennium Development goals.

Specific tripartite cooperation agreements – to be developed between the recipient country, Indonesia and FAO - will further define the modalities of the assistance.

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