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InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – After getting Freehold Title from the Prona scheme that President Joko Widodo proposed, 325 smallholders who join in KUD Terantang Jaya Mandiri (TJM) in Village of Tarantang Manuk, Sub district of Pangkalan Kuras, District of Pelalawan,Riau Province still face to pay credits reaching billions of rupiah to develop main – plasma plantations, within the scheme Koperasi Primer Untuk Anggota (KKPA).

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Based on the decision of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team Riau Province within the FFB Price Document in Riau No. 51 on 19 to 25 December 2018, the 10 - 20 year old fruit is getting more expensive Rp 87,68/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA–Four countries joining European Free Trade Association (EFTA), such as, Swiss, Liechtenstein, Island, and Norway; agreed to sign Indonesia-EFTA Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IE-CEPA).

InfoSAWIT, SINTANG – Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food (Sinar Mas), the global agri-business company within palm oil business which is integrated from the upstream to downstream sectors did social service to cataract operation for about 238 villagers in Sintang, on 14-15 December 2018. It was the cooperation among the volunteers of Tzu Chiof Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, Army or Korem 121/Alambhana Wanawai Sintang, District of Sintang, Kapuas Hulu, Melawi, Sekadau, and the local Health Agency.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –For many independent or plasma smallholders get the replanting fund about Rp 25 million per hectares, the other smallholders in the palm oil plantation centers do want the same help.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil plantation and food agribusiness company, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) got two awards as the confessions of commitment to develop sustainable plantation and good corporate governance.

InfoSAWIT, LABUHANBATU SELATAN – KUD Anugerah Jaya Mandiri Sejahtera (AJMS), is one union which gets the fund in Smallholders Replanting Program (SRP) from Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA). The fund help was symbolically given by President Joko Widodo in March 2018.

InfoSAWIT,  KOTAWARINGIN TIMUR –35 participants of Diklat Sekolah Staf dan Pimpinan Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia (SESPARLU) and Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) directly visited palm oil plantations in District of Kotawaringin Timur, Central Kalimantan Province on Thursday (13/12/2018). The visit was done in palm oil plantations that Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA) Group cultivates.

It was to improve the participants of SESPARLU, the 60^th grade to understand the real life in the palm oil plantations so that th

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –As the biggest palm oil producer in the world, Indonesia has its strategic role to supply the global needs. In the same time, Indonesia has the biggest sustainable palm oil plantations based on the sustainable principles and criteria universally.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Ministry of Trade keeps expanding the trade to Middle East, namely Saudi Arabia. Through General Directorate of National Export Development (NED), Ministry of Trade did trade mission to Saudi Arabia on 28 November—1 December 2018. The promotion was in synergy with other ministries, institutions, Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) Jeddah, and General Consulate of Indonesia in Jeddah and succeeded to make potential transaction about US$ 14,02 million or Rp 200 billion.

InfoSAWIT, SINGAPURA –The biggest crude palm oil (CPO) trader in the world from Singapore, Wilmar International has published the action plans in detail to map and monitor its suppliers. If it is realized, the giant company which supplies 40%

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR –After getting protests from environment non-government organization (NGO), Greenpeace, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) finally announced the Statement with Aidenvironment and supported consumption goods – companies. The details of the Statement are about the supervision program and the involvement of new suppliers of Wilmar to accelerate free deforestation palm oil industry.

InfoSAWIT, LAMPUNG – Palm oil plantation company, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya, Tbk., (ANJ) got the award on its Sustainability Report in 2017 which ANJ published for the second time. If in the previous year, ANJ got “First Reporter” award. The 2017 Sustainability report got “Gold Rank” award inAsia Sustainability Reporting (ASR) Rating 2018. The report provided the work of the company in business, social, and environment aspects.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Sometimes planting palm oil does not only by planting the seeds, and waiting for them to produce. It needs to understand the characteristic of the strategic economy to have good result. The understandings should be about kinds of area, climate, designing the block in the plantation, including no fire when enlarging.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -Director of Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) Herdrajat Natawidjaja explained that the smallholders’ replanting program (SRP) is for the smallholders having less than 4 hectare – area. It is to increase the production and in general, it is to increase their welfare.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to the result of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team in Jambi Province, the  10 - 20 year old fruit is more expensive Rp 73/Kg, to be Rp 1.134,41/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative (SPOI) which is the cooperation between General Directorate of Plantation, Ministry of Agriculture and United Nations Development Program (UNDP),has mapped some initiatives and done by many organizations/instances, and private companies, including the data of planters in Indonesia. About 31 thousand data of the planters are in many organizations/instances and companies in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAK LUAY –There is nothing left if palm oil is not developed in Village of Jak Luay. It could happen that the way to the village is not in asphalt or it would be dark when being night. The villagers might have less income.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Ministry of Agriculture would focus to develop the agricultural cluster in smallholders’ corporate – base and improve the agricultural infrastructures in 2019.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The global economy is in fluctuation and full of uncertainty. It is predicted, it would influence the slow economic progress in the world both in the developed countries and in the developing countries. Based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) released in October 2018, the global economy would be slower to develop, from 3,73% to be 3,7%. But the government does consistently run the economic transformation, namely to implement the supply – side economic policy until the end of its government.