Padang, July 12 -- Indonesian Minister of Manpower, Yassierli, underscored agroforestry skills as vital for forest communities to improve their families' economic well-being.

"We want village communities living near forest areas to possess good agroforestry skills so they can contribute to their families' economies without destroying the forests," Minister Yassierli stated in Padang City on Friday.

The manpower minister made these remarks while attending the opening of the "Human Resources Empowerment (HR) in the Forestry Sector for Agroforestry Farmers" training at the Vocational and Productivity Development Center (BPVP) in Padang, West Sumatra. The training is a synergistic program between the Ministry of Manpower and the Ministry of...