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The conflict has no effect on exports of agricultural products during the government still controls or not to raise prices of domestic fuel oil. Meanwhile, the conflict in Cote Ganding is expected to affect exports of agricultural products, especially chocolate.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture declared the matter to reporters after opening the events on campus during the Young Farmers.

He explained that the conflict can indeed affect the price of fuel is high. If high fuel prices, then it does indirectly affect food prices. First, it will cause the price of costly fertilizers because fertilizer raw materials, among others, of gas, whose price is affected by fuel prices. Second, it affects the cost of transportation. If fuel goes up, then the transportation cost is high.

"It did not happen because our fuel prices are still guarded government. However, internationally, when we do export and others, this will affect the cost of fuel," said Bayu.

However, on the other hand, the increase in world fuel prices this gives a positive effect, ie increase in the price of biofuels. "The rise of biofuels is the opportunity our business, particularly palm oil, as demand will escalate," he said.

Seeing the conflict, more broadly, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture said it was trying to look positively to the conflict in Ivory Coast, Africa, as the largest supplier of cocoa or chocolate world.

"Conflict in there to make the country not to export brown at all. This makes the potential and opportunities are very wide-open brown. This is what we are trying to try to take advantage of the opportunity," he said.

State plans to increase ekspor.Berencana increase agricultural exports. Cocoa is one of the agricultural products which are very likely to increase exports.

Exports of oil products would be enhanced by applying good policies for biofuels, which require environmental aspects of sustainability. "We produce one to two million tonnes of CPO, which is grown sustainably," he said.

Youth is made up of farmers and students as well as 110 non-commissioned officer community builder (Babinsa) who served in West Java. These young men will get the knowledge and agricultural training for four days, ie 6 to 9 April 2011.

"We Arm Babinsa with insight and knowledge so that when agriculture with farmers, they can be a companion of farmers in increasing agricultural production. It is also a concern in realizing food security community," he said.