The main educational institution is the Gajah Mada University. There is also an Islamic university, the Universitas Islam Indonesia. Yogyakarta has the Library of the Hatta Foundation. The city has several academies of art. Agricultural produce in the territory includes corn, peanuts, rice, and soybeans.
Plantations produce cacao, coconuts, coffee, cotton, kapok, pepper, rubber, tobacco, and vanilla.
Farmers raise buffaloes, cows, goats, hogs, horses, and poultry. Batik is made by machine and hand. Other local crafts include weaving, silver engraving, and basketry. The Javanese Mataram kingdom in Java broke up in the 1700's due to Dutch pressure. There were then two sultanates in Central Java.