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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Whenever debates over forest area enforcement and palm oil plantation seizures arise, the government often closes discussion with a single justification: Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution. Using this constitutional reference, the state proceeds to manage seized palm oil plantations through state-owned enterprises such as Agrinas.

InfoSAWIT, PONTIANAK – Based on the decision of the West Kalimantan Provincial FFB Pricing Team, palm oil FFB prices for Period III of December 2025 (payment period 16–22 December 2025) set the highest price for 10–20-year-old palms at Rp 3,236.30/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Tanzania SDG exploration project is a collaboration between GAPKI, the Palm Oil Germplasm Consortium, and the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI). The process was lengthy and stringent, involving initial quarantine in Tanzania, transit through CABI in the UK, and shipment to Indonesia via PT Socfindo.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Hydrometeorological disasters that struck Sumatra in late November were not merely natural events. They reflected the fragility of Indonesia’s development direction and posed a serious constitutional test, said Dr. Rasminto, Executive Director of the Human Studies Institute, during the same discussion attended by InfoSAWIT on Tuesday (23/12/2025).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – On the presentation screen appeared a seemingly simple photograph: a red dirt road cutting through a production forest concession in Kalimantan, leading toward a mining area. In one corner of the image stood a woman wearing a field vest. She was Dr. Siti Maimunah, an academic more often found in forest sites than behind seminar podiums.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Referring to the decision of the Independent Smallholder Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Pricing Team of Riau Province as stated in Palm Oil FFB Price Determination Letter No. 47 for the period of 24 December 2025 – 13 January 2026, the team agreed on the pricing of Riau palm oil aged 9 years, which decreased by Rp 31.93 per kilogram to Rp 3,410.19/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Referring to the decision of the Independent Smallholder Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Pricing Team of Riau Province as stated in Palm Oil FFB Price Determination Letter No. 47 for the period of 24 December 2025 – 13 January 2026, the team agreed on the pricing of Riau palm oil aged 9 years, which decreased by Rp 31.93 per kilogram to Rp 3,410.19/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA — Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) were set at Rp14,285/kg on Tuesday (23/12/2025). This marks an increase of Rp70/kg, or about 0.49%, compared with Monday (22/12/2025), when prices stood at Rp14,215/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Based on the official pricing decision issued by the Riau Provincial Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Pricing Team under Decree No. 47 for the period of 24 December 2025 to 13 January 2026, the price of plasma oil palm FFB aged nine years increased by Rp 4.54 per kilogram to Rp 3,516.32/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Few realize that the future sustainability of Indonesia’s palm oil industry depends not only on fertilizers or market prices, but also on genetics—and even insects. From expeditions to Tanzania to quarantine laboratories in North Sumatra, researchers work quietly to ensure oil palm remains a national asset for the next century.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The history of oil palm in Indonesia began long before it was labeled a “strategic commodity.” In 1848, the Dutch introduced oil palm seeds from West Africa to the Bogor Botanical Gardens, unknowingly laying the foundation for what would become Indonesia’s largest foreign exchange earner.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Claims that palm oil smallholders are the primary drivers of deforestation in the Tesso Nilo Landscape have been criticized as misleading. Ahmad Zazali, Head of the Center for Agrarian Law and Conflict Resolution (PURAKA), stated that the largest share of forest loss has been caused by Industrial Plantation Forest (HTI) companies.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Amid the bustle of global sustainability forums, the name Inke van der Sluijs may rarely appear on center stage. Yet behind the scenes, this Dutch sustainability expert has played a key role in reshaping how the world views palm oil.

InfoSAWIT, TAMIANG LAYANG – A major revision to the oil palm plantation operations of PT Indopenta Sejahtera Abadi has drawn serious attention during a meeting of the Technical Team and Environmental Impact Assessment (AMDAL) Evaluation Commission of East Barito Regency.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – For more than four decades, palm oil has supported Indonesia’s economy. Now, as the country prepares to enter the era of B50 biodiesel, it faces two major challenges: safeguarding the supply of green energy and strengthening the genetic foundation of oil palm so that productivity can remain high and sustainable for future generations.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) were set at Rp14,215 per kilogram on Monday (22/12/2025), marking an increase of Rp138 per kg, or around 0.98%, compared with Friday’s price of Rp14,077 per kg on 19 December 2025.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Ministry of Industry has formally opened wider public participation in downstream ISPO implementation through Ministerial Regulation No. 38/2025, which introduces complaint mechanisms, special audits, and a national information system.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The implementation of ISPO must be firm, consistent, and applied across the entire palm oil supply chain, according to Rismansyah Danasaputra, Director of PT MISB.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The certification process under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme remains a major challenge for smallholder oil palm farmers, due to high costs, limited assistance, and land legality issues.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Oil palm plantation company PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJT) has strengthened its financial structure by securing a Rp4.85 trillion term loan facility from PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI).