InfoSAWIT, BANGKOK – Chairman of Forum Petani Kelapa Sawit Berkelanjutan Indonesia (Fortasbi), H Narno said that the companies really support them and appreciated them in palm oil industries.

Fortasbi in the award night within the theme, “Menghubungkan Petani Swadaya dengan Pasar” on 4 November 2019 in Bangkok got the supports in many forms, starting from the training to help the independent smallholders to implement the sustainable practices until helping them getting the certificate.

The members of Fortasbi have got about Rp 13,995 billion (EUR 900.000) in 2018 and 2019 from the companies that bought their credits from RSPO.

“Our members have seen the advantages from the sustainable principles,” he who is also as the member of Asosiasi Petani Kelapa Sawit Swadaya, Amanah, and the member of Fortasbi, said.

He thought that there are lots of independent smallholders out of the sustainable supply chain and it needs helps from others to take them in the scheme of sustainability.

In Indonesia as the biggest palm oil producer in the world, the smallholders master about 40% of 14 million hectares (ha) of the total palm oil plantations. Fortasbi has 32 smallholders’ groups as the members which represent 7.325 independent ones. 98% of them have got certificates within 17.615 ha palm oil plantations. (T2)