InfoSAWIT, BEKASI – In Indonesia’s economy, agricultural sector is traditionally known as the significant one for it plays the roles as the main sources of food and energy. This sector could still be escalated if it is well managed, namely in palm oil as the strategic commodity.

In addition, palm oil plantation sub sector has the big potential for the economy in Indonesia. Unfortunately, many still do not understand about palm oil. Many even think palm oil is a destructive and negative for environment.

Chairman of Forum Pemuda Sawit Indonesia, Hendro Kartiko said he is sad for many black campaigns about palm oil. Hendro told, this could happen for the lack of information about the good values of palm oil.

“That is why to fight black campaigns about palm oil, we need structural, systematic, and massive movements and action that young generations could initiate,” he said in car free day area, Jakarta at Jalan Santai Bersama Generasi Sawit Baik Untuk Indonesia, Jakarta, Sunday (18/6/203).

By informing the benefits from palm oil, it could be the way to answer the challenges globally. “We defend palm oil. I think, there is no better commodity than palm oil. It has many advantages, such as, source of health, beauty, food, renewable energy that the globe notices,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Wednesday (21/6/2023).

He also mentioned, palm oil is the most productive of other vegetable oil plantations. It has zero waste.

He continued young generations have the big potential to be the positive agent campaigner that would be effectively encouraging social change. The young generations can encourage positive campaigns about palm oil, such as, actively delivering input and systematic perspective about the sustainable palm oil policies.

“Not only that, they can contribute in information dissemination about the positive of palm oil, playing active roles to encourage products in palm oil – base in Indonesia. Let us fight the myths by revealing the facts,” Hendro said. (T2)