"Asia Calling" Radio Program Radio Indonesia

To reflect the reality of life for citizens throughout the region "Asia Calling" is a weekly radio program of Radio News Agency KBR68H Indonesia.

Call to Asia this week: Make agriculture an attractive job again in India. According to the government of India, more than 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in the last twenty years due to money problems. The high cost of pesticides is one reason farmers leave the land and move to the cities for work. A program run by the government in the southern state of Andhari Pradesh is trying to change things, making agriculture a sustainable employment options and attractive. The program focuses on pesticides, agriculture, and has captured the imagination of farmers and agricultural experts alike. Bismillah Geelani Andhari history Pradesh.

Garbage Island in Indonesia. Each day 100 tons of trash wash a shore Untung Jawa Island, a small tropical island just an hour by boat from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. 13 polluted rivers in the port of Jakarta and then to the sea in a small wash on the islands of the coast are the most popular tourist spots. Now, the islands are famous for their beautiful beaches, but to be "islands of garbage. And Rumondang Nainggolan find, people get sick of it.

Workers in the Philippines to join the representatives of the Church against the Korean shipbuilding companies. Church alliance and working groups in the Philippines have launched a campaign demanding better working conditions to lead the Korean Hanjin shipyard. Shipyard employs about 20,000 people. Association of claims 31 employees have died in 5000 and the second in injury accidents since 2005. Madonna Virola associated with travel to campaign for the rights of the workers' area in Quezon City Subic Freeport Hanjin shipyard.

Afghan Institute of Music. During the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to play music or listen to what was considered a religious taboo. But now the county has the National Institute of Music, which has been operating for a year. In school, women and men learn the western and eastern music. Malyar Sadeq Azad spent a day there.