InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Partnership once became the proposal to develop palm oil plantations. By running partnership, the people have chances to manage and cultivate their plantations.

Here are some advantages in making partnership program, such as, the plantations could be professionally developed by implementing the best agronomy practices, increase the capacity by conducting education and training in organization, administration, technic, and technology transfer.

There are new chances that the smallholders or their relatives work in the plantations. They have the chances to work in others or do other business. The programs do make solidarity, collaboration to secure the plantation, professional supervision to the plantations and the smallholders do get the same thing.

Executive Director of Indonesian Palm Oil Plantations (IPOA), Mukti Sardjono told that the partnership would guarantee fresh fruit bunch (FFB) buying by the partnership companies. There would be qualified FFB for planting superior and certified seeds. The plantations would be cultivated in best agronomy practices, efficient with mechanism.

“The outcome of the partnership would eventually increase the income of the smallholders because their production increases, the quality of FFB increases, could work as the needs, and the FFB buying would be the same with the price decided by plantation agency,” Mukti said in Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Sawit Berkelanjutan Vol. 9, with the theme “Peran BPDPKS Dalam Memperkuat Kemitraan Pekebun Kelapa Sawit Indonesia,” Thursday (29 July 2021) that InfoSAWIT conducted.

If the partnership runs well, he continued, it would impact to the smallholders. They would be better in economy, have chance to work well in the plantations or others. They are experienced and having knowledge about plantations and organizations.

The union could operate the institution in the villages and advance the villagers. There would be opportunity to work in the union or other business. The impact for the company is that there will be maximal utilization, sustainability of supply chain to the factory.

“The partnership would impact to the area, for instance, there would be significant chances and money circulation. In some regions, there are area expansions, subdistrict, and villages,” Mukti said. (T2)

Source: InfoSAWIT, August 2021