InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Actually, Ministry of Agriculture published 20250 Palm Oil Industry Roadmap. If palm oil development follows the roadmap, there would be pulling one to the other of palm oil for food and energy needs.
“If we follow and obey the roadmap, there would be phases to achieve until 2050. But some of us work without having blueprint. That is why the best word to everything is ‘consistent’ to coordinate downstream to upstream sectors including the industries,” Head of Industry & Government Relations Apical, Manumpak Manurung said in Focus Group Discussion (FGD) SAWIT BERKELANJUTAN VOL. 13, with the theme “Minyak Sawit: Sumber Pangan Dan Bioenergi BERKELANJUTAN”, that InfoSAWIT did with the support of Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency in the midst of April 2023 in Jakarta..
He mentioned that when Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource wanted to implement biodiesel mandatory, it should be the same with roadmap that Ministry of Agriculture published because it would be very significant to get coordination among ministries/institutions to deliver decision(s).
As many knew, when palm cooking oil was rare to get in 2022, many thought it happened for the hard will to get CPO for food or energy.
Manurung suggested, if palm oil stakeholders are consistent, it would be very good. The roadmap was published to involve competent consultants, hardly every stakeholder, and also vegetable oil stakeholders, PFMA, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, and also associations. “If they are elaborated, there would be no issue about food and non-food,” Manurung said. (T2)
