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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Palm oil is the multi-function commodity which is used in the snack or personal products. It is undeniable that palm oil always hits by the deforestation and peat damage issues. As one biggest palm oil producer in the world, Indonesia always faces the issues but also has its potential to be the pioneer in sustainable palm oil plantation development.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -Of course, CPO is getting more important when the market needs develop too. Though the international markets decrease the demands, but if the downstream industries develop nationally, these industries holistically would keep developing.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -For some social and environmental campaigners, the wider palm oil plantation may become ‘pest’ for the earth. So the accusation and anarchist demonstration are intentionally and systematically done. Have good and wide network, the activists (campaigners) always gets the supports.

InfoSAWIT, JENEVA –Ministerof Trade Indonesian, Enggartiasto Lukita signed the Joint Statement to the Economic Free Trade Association Indonesia-European Free Trade Association/EFTA (IE-CEPA) in the Secretariat of EFTA, Jeneva, Swiss, Friday (23/11/2018).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – For the crude palm oil (CPO) is getting much cheaper in the global trade, it finally implicates to the cheap fresh fruit bunch (FFB). This forces the government to evaluate the CPO citation policy which has been running since in the midst of 2016.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Coordinator Minister in Economy, Darmin Nasution convinced that the public should not worry about the temporary policy to vanish crude palm oil export citation fund which Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) manages.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The government agreed to adjust the crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative export citation fund done by Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA). This is done for the CPO gets cheaper and cheaper. According to Coordinator Ministry in Economy, until 23 November 2018, the CPO was US$ 410/ton.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -In the early of 2018, the discussion was held by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) together withAliansi Sawit Indonesia (ASLI) andSerikat Petani kelapa Sawit (SPKS). It discussed some issues about the sustainable practices in palm oil plantations.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Young generations are the actors to change the consumers’ behavior to support and conserve the environment, such as, by using eco-label (sustainable) products. It is done by using short video.

InfoSAWIT, LAHORE –As the effort to maintain and increase palm oil trade from Indonesia to Pakistan and also blocks the negative campaign, the Embassy of Indonesia in Islamabad together with APICAL, a marketing and distributor palm oil and derivative company, didConference on Palm Oilin Lahore, Pakistan.

InfoSAWIT, MEDAN -It is admitted or not, the needs of supporting technology in palm oil industries keep developing, such as, from the upstream (plantation), the factory, up to the waste management.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – Based on the result of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team in Jambi Province, it is decided that the 10-20 year old fruit is Rp 1.116,66/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, ALJIR – As what President Joko Widodo told to trade in African countries, Minister of Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita noticed it. In the end of 2018, he would lead the business delegations of Indonesia to trade in non-traditional countries through the trade mission to Algeriaon 20 -22 November 2018.

InfoSAWIT, SORONG - PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) now develops the vocation training to the mill (factory) operators as the commitment to develop capable human resources in palm oil industry in West Papua.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –In the late days, the independent smallholders’ fresh fruit bunch (FFB) gets cheaper. According to what InfoSAWIT, got, in average, it is about Rp 500-600/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, AMSTERDAM –After dominating the pile tank of Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) in Sulawesi some months ago, now the environmental international  organization does peaceful protest.

InfoSAWIT, PELALAWAN –In the visit to palm oil plantation, journalists of Polsat from the biggest TV network of Poland admitted that palm oil plantation cultivation in Indonesia is well done.

InfoSAWIT, SINGAPURA - Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) is very disappointed because Greenpeace chose to continue its tactic within publisity rather than working constructively with the stakeholders, including Wilmar.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -From its geographic, Indonesia and Malaysia tend to have similarities. The two have too in the industrial plantation. One superior commodity planted in both countries is palm oil

InfoSAWIT, BALI -Many negative opinions about palm oil may happen for the minimal data of information. It is important to get the big data by involving hundreds of thousand respondents. In addition, lots of official data could be explored.