InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU –The smallholders in Riau Province start to smile. The fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price in the province having lots of natural resources keeps increasing since the last six weeks.
It gets better since the early of August 2017. In this week, it increases Rp 71,39 per kilogram (kg). The numbers are better than those in last week that increased Rp 51,21 per kg.
According to Head of Plantation Process and Marketing, Food Plantation, Horticulture, and Plantation Agency, Riau Province, Dedi Yasmono, the FFB in Riau for the 10 to 20 year old tree reaches Rp2.036,06 per kg.
"In this week, the CPO is Rp 8.405,22 and the kernel is Rp 7.382,20. It increases about Rp 71,39 per kilogram for the 10 to 20 year old fruit to be Rp2.036,06 per kilogram," he said in Pekanbaru, as quoted fromriaueksis.com.(T3)
