InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – According to Ministry of Industry palm oil consumption got increasing trend nationally for the past six years. In 2027, palm oil consumption reached 11 million tons. In 2018 it increased to be 13,4 million tons, to be 16,7 million tons in 2019, 17,3 million tons in 2020 and reached to be 18,4 million tons in 2021.

“In 2022 it reached 20,9 million tons. In February 2023, palm oil production reached 3.883.000 tons: palm kernel oil (PKO) production reached 369.000 tons,” information from Ministry of Trade noted in its official page.

“The high consumption could be the challenge to escalate palm oil production nationally. It needs competent industrial human resources to hit the target,” head of Badan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Industri (BPSDMI) Ministry of Industry, Masrokhan said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (22/5/2023).

That is why BPSDMI would get industrial human resources in palm oil, such as, by establishing vocational education unit. In Sumatera, there are Politeknik Teknologi Kimia Industri (PTKI) Medan and Politeknik Akademi Teknologi Industri (ATI) Padang.

“The two campuses established by Ministry of Industry are in cooperation with Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency to deliver scholarship to develop palm oil plantation human resources,” Masrokhan said. (T2)