Jakarta, Sept. 5 -- The government continues to bolster the role of the Red and White Village Cooperatives and farmer group associations in distributing subsidized fertilizers.

Deputy Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono said the village cooperatives will enhance the distribution system that has so far supported agricultural productivity.

"Farmers can gain full access to agricultural inputs through the village cooperatives, starting from subsidized fertilizers, non-subsidized fertilizers, organic fertilizers, to pesticides," he said in a statement here on Friday.

He noted that the Ministry of Cooperatives is encouraging the strengthening of the Red and White Village Cooperatives as strategic partners of the government in the subsi...