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InfoSAWIT, BOGOR - It is famously known that to control the weeds could be done in many ways, such as, manually, chemically, or biologically. But in agriculture or commercial plantation where the areas are vast, it is normal to use chemical to control the weeds, such as, using kinds of herbicide.

InfoSAWIT, SUMSEL –Provincial Government of South Sumatera normally develops the smallholders’ capacity and the better and environmental palm oil cultivation for the plantations keep developing fast.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Though the crude palm oil (CPO) price since 2014 is not better, it does not mean that the development stops at all.

InfoSAWIT, SUMSEL -Referring to the Wetland International from Canada through Canadian International Development (CIDA), the wetland in South Sumatera has narrow depth (< 50 cm) to the depth (200 – 400 cm) and there is no areas more than 400 cm category.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –In the latest news, there were many cases in palm oil industries, such as, the fire in the areas, and the un-acceptance of CPO exports from Indonesia to many countries.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI –According to the Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team decision in Jambi Province for 17-23 August 2018, the 10-20 year old fruit is Rp 1.468.98/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU –To do its function and duty as an institution of the smallholders in Indonesia, namely to advocate the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price in the smallholders’ level, DPW Asosiasi Petani Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (Apkasindo) Riau officially handovered Document of Recommendation of the result in Focus Grup Discusion (FGD) to arrange the draft of Regulation of Riau Governor about the FFB Price Decision in Riau Province in 2018.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – After passing some phases, finally, in the Sustainable Financing Business Modelcompetition, the final judging was done in Aloft Hotel, Jakarta. The competition was fully supported by Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

InfoSAWIT, BALI – Coordinator Minister in Economy,  Darmin Nasution said, palm oil is the important commodity for Indonesia. So the government really notices so that the industry could develop well for palm oil relates to the lives of million people in this country, both in the people’s plantations, the big privates’ plantations, and in the Enterprises’ plantations.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -In the recent day, there was question in the timeline of public’s one favourite social media. The question is: “How to calculate the potential of palm oil production?”

InfoSAWIT, PONTIANAK – Based on the result of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team Maker in West Kalimantan Province, the  10-20 year old fruit is Rp 1.461,34/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - As part of millennial generation, Miss Earth 2017, Michelle Alrianirealized that the information could be instantly got for it derives from the internet. But the information may not be complete because the article written is not completed by the data. So when she gets the information, she has to get other explanation from the books or experts.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the early era of President and Vice President, Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla, they promised the program to solve the inequality of agrarian issue. The program was put in Nawacita as the campaign in 2014. It was planned in two schemes, such as, Agrarian Reform within the land alloation reaching 9 million hectares and Social Forestry reaching 12,7 million hectares. Many accepted the high targets. But until 2018, half of what the government has targets does not running well. This is the next work for the government which may regulate about more less one year to go.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Within katalytisch drucklose verölung (KDV) developed by Dr.Christian Koch of Aalphakat Gmbh, biomass could be processed to be high quality fuel within less than Rp 5000/liter.

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InfoSAWIT, SINGAPURA–The Development Bank of Singapore(DBS) andWilmar International Limited (Wilmar) agreed to promote the responsibility of company through the loan relating to the sustainability. The collaboration would determine the interest rate from the revolving credit facility of Wimar, as one integrated palm oil plantation company which has been running for two years reaching US$ 100 million by assessing the environment, social, and governance (ESG) activity.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA–To relieve the burdens of the earth quake victims in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Holding Perkebunan Nusantara PTPN III (Persero) as one company having wide plantations in Indonesia gave helps, cash about Rp 500 millions, medical personnels, and medicines to Badan Pelayanan Pendapatan Daerah (BPPD),District of North Lombok.

InfoSAWIT, BALI -Sustainable palm oil industrial development becomes one thing for Indonesia to produce sustainable palm oil (SPO) for the global. Chairman and CEO Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food, Franky Oesman Wijaya, thought, the world population who need of vegetable oil could be fulfilled by sustainable palm oil production.

InfoSAWIT, BALI -In the discussion of International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment (ICOPE) 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, one conference session within the theme, ‘Towards A Global Consensus on Palm Oil Sustainability Standards’, comprehensively discussed about the sustainability standard which the palm oil industries globally do including in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI –The decision of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Price in Jambi Province on 10-16 August 2018, gets cheaper about Rp 7/kg. Head of Plantation Agency, Jambi Province, Agusrizal said, the cheaper price is the same with the previous period. “One thing for sure is that the FFB price is not stable yet,” he said as quoted from Tribunjambi.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource (EMR) decided that since September 2018, every kind of diesel would be mixed by 20% of palm oil.