Tahlim Sudaryanto
Assistant Minister for International Cooperation,
Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Indonesia,
email:tahlim@indo.net.id
Background
As part of food security policy, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of the Republic of Indonesia has set the target to achieve...
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