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Agriculture Minister: Ambassadors from several countries appreciate Indonesia's preparedness



"The ambassadors appreciated what we did so that we could overcome the critical condition of El Nino," Amran Sulaiman said at the Head Office of the Ministry of Agriculture in Jakarta, Tuesday.Amran Sulaiman in Building A of the Ministry of Agriculture was scheduled to receive ambassadors from several countries, namely Libya, Spain, Argentina, Iran and Sri Lanka.According to Amran, the majority of the countries had also experienced the same crisis of El Nino as they had around the year 1997.The Minister of Agriculture also revealed that, in the meeting, through the ambassadors, he invited businessmen from the countries to invest in Indonesia, especially related to sugar and corn commodities, as well as cattle farming.As reported, climate change and the problem of population, if not anticipated well, will put 1.3 billion people and assets of 158 trillion US dollars in danger in 2050, according to a report of the World Bank.`With climate change and the increasing number of people in urban areas, they also increase the risk in the future rapidly,` said the Senior Director of the Climate Change Group of the World Bank, John Roome, in a release.
Journalist: Muhammad Razi Rahmanhttp://www.antaranews.com/berita/562754/mentan-dubes-sejumlah-negara-apresiasi-kesiapan-indonesia