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Queen Maxima from the Netherlands has made a working visit to South Lampung, Lampung Province, as the UN Secretary-General`s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for inclusive finance for development. Queen Maxima, accompanied by a an entourage from the Dutch Embassy, arrived at Neglasari Village, Katibung Sub-district, South Lampung, Lampung, Monday, at 9.30 a.m local time.

Queen Maxima and her entourage visited the homes of local farmers, who received financial and value chain financial services.Before having talks with the farmers, the Dutch queen had a look at the cattle breeding methods used by Agus, a local farmer. 

The Dutch queen asked two local farmers about the ways to increase harvests by improving deals related to the financial value chain services. She asked the farmers about the benefits of the loans, their businesses, and the problems they faced.

During her visit from February 11 to 13, she will take a closer look at the progress of Indonesia`s national strategy of financial inclusion.

The national strategy has been implemented since 2016 to allow small farmers to get greater access to financial services, such as bank or saving accounts, loans, insurance and pension.

Queen Maxima`s last visit to Indonesia, in her capacity as the UN envoy, was in August 2016. (antaranews/nouva)