Go Finance Reporting in JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia, Senator Joe Ludwig, will visit Indonesia this week to visit abroad in his capacity as Minister of Agriculture.
The visit will include meetings with key representatives of politics, agriculture, forestry and marine resources of Indonesia.
"Indonesia is an important trading partner for Australia, and our farm market is the fourth largest," said Minister Ludwig was quoted as saying in a press statement sent to Legal in Jakarta, Tuesday (03/08/2011).
In 2010, Australian exports of agricultural products amounted to 2 billion Australian dollars, or approximately Rp17, 79 trillion (Rp8.896 per Australian dollars) to Indonesia. Indonesia is the wheat market, live cattle and potatoes of our biggest and main market for sugar and milk.
Minister Ludwig scheduled a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture HE Suswono, Zulkifli Hasan YM Forestry Minister and Minister for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs HE Fadel Muhammad in Jakarta.
He will discuss issues of common interest such as food safety, market access for beef and live cattle in the box, illegal logging and illegal fishing as well as programs emerging infectious diseases.
From Jakarta, the Minister Ludwig will travel to Bali to act as co-chair a session at the Ministerial Conference hosted by Indonesia in conjunction with the Fourth Session of the Government Agency for International Treaty of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Traktrat).
The members Traktrat has developed a mutual benefit fund that invests in projects to address high-impact food security, climate change adaptation and agricultural biodiversity. Australia contributed 1 million Australian dollars, or approximately Rp8, 896 billion to this fund in 2010. (GoFinance)
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