InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the spare time of Diskusi Nasional Sawit Berkelanjutan with the theme “Mendorong Peran Aktif Koperasi dalam Peningkatan Produktivitas Kebun dan Percepatan Sertifikasi Berkelanjutan Petani Sawit Swadaya di Indonesia,” in Jakarta that InfoSAWIT attended, Monday (31/7/2023), members of Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) declared Aliansi Petani Sawit Swadaya Bersertifikat Berkelanjutan Indonesia (APSBI).

In the declaration, independent smallholders that got Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), represented by SPKS member from Koperasi Petani Tembusai Sejahtera, Mardoli told five points to establish APSBI. The first is to be with the government to accelerate ISPO certification for every smallholder in Indonesia.

The second is to improve palm oil plantation governance in Indonesia to get sustainable and welfare smallholders. The third is to develop collaboration with many parties to accelerate ISPO. The fourth is to promote smallholders’ sustainable practices in national and international scale, and the fifth, to be the strategic partner of Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency and ISPO Committee.

In the same occasion, Director of Plantation Production Marketing and Process, General Directorate of Plantation Ministry of Agriculture, Prayudi Syamsuri encouraged independent smallholders to get ISPO certificate because palm oil markets would have terms and conditions of certificate to be traded in the globe.

“If the smallholders do not immediately get ISPO certification process, you would lose because it would be the instrument to discount smallholders’ plantation production,” he said as a speaker in the discussion. (T2)