InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – General Director of Plantation Ministry of Agriculture, Andi Nur Alam Syah said, palm oil meeting in national scale is about to get synergy between central and regional government, private plantation companies, smallholders’ associations, and others to concretely and consistently accelerate smallholders replanting program (SRP). It is about to get commitment and select inputs to formulate what to do.

“In 2023, Ministry of Agriculture through General Directorate of Plantation distributed SRP targets in 20 provinces and 112 district/city where they may have SRP proposals through agencies in district/city and province levels,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (27/2/2023).

He also mentioned, to get commitment among ministries/institutions, particularly among Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial/National Land Agency, and Ministry of Environment and Forestry, memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed to accelerate SRP. It is hoped the same commitment could eliminate challenges in fields particularly in administration to complete SRP proposal terms and conditions.

“Since 2017 to 2022 SRP realization laid about 278.200 hectares. At least, there would be 2,8 million hectares of smallholders’ plantations to potentially get SRP. Ever since SRP was launched, it covers 21 provinces and 123 districts/cities where palm oil plantations grow within the targets, 180.000 hectares per year just like Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) Steering Committee instructed,” Andi said.

That is why, he continued, for it is out of target, it needs more concrete startegies to realize the target per year. (T2)