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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -The economic crisis in 1998 became part of palm oil plantations nationally. The exchange rate of Rupiah decreaed to US Dollar so the economy got worse nationally and many businesses collapsed because of the currency.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI - The visit of European Union delegations which consisted of the Ambassador, and the representatives of the European countries was welcome by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia in cooperation with Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency. They visited PT Inti Indosawit Subur (Asian Agri Group) in District of Muaro Jambi.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -As the biggest CPO producer in the world, 40% palm oil plantations in Indonesia belong to the smallholders. So the government takes many stakeholders to cooperate and help them to get higher productivity.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -What the government does to increase the smallholders productivity is also supported by United Nations through United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Panama. There is  Good Growth Green Commodity Project to help  them to increase the smallholders’ empowerment and productivity.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – According to one global palm oil company, Kencana Agri, the company has recently trade the shares of its two subsidieries, they are, PT. Wira Palm Mandiri about 5000 shares, and PT. Agro Sawitmas Lestari (“ASML”) about 25 thousand shares within the investment reaching Rp 5 billion and Rp 25 billion for each.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – On Friday (6 / 7/ 2018), Coordinator Ministry in Economy did coordination meeting to discuss about increasing the biodiesel absorption target.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –From the investigation that Greenpeace has done for some years, it is assumed that Wilmar and Gama cooperate by using the company, Gama that may not implement social and environmental cultivation to supply palm oil to Wilmar.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -  What the government does to increase the smallholders productivity is also supported by United Nations through United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Panama. There is  Good Growth Green Commodity Project to help  them to increase the smallholders’ empowerment and productivity.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -As the biggest CPO producer in the world, 40% palm oil plantations in Indonesia belong to the smallholders. So the government takes many stakeholders to cooperate and help them to get higher productivity.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA– The referential price of crude palm oil (CPO) to decide Out Fee (OF) in July 2018 is US$ 678,18 /MT (metric ton). It gets cheaper US$ 9,21 or 1,34% from June 2018 that was US$ 687,39/MT.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Until now Indonesia is still as the number one palm oil producer in the world so it needs to develop more with the society by the partnership scheme in the future.

InfoSAWIT, TANA PASER – The smallholders protested knowing that the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) getting cheaper after the Lebaran day. One protest derived from the smallholders’ forum in District of Paser.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -To know the process of complaint and the solution, RSPO has made the work frame and the process of complaint. It focuses to the complaint aimed to the members of RSPO or the system that RSPO makes.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -It is believed that the needs of workers would be increasing as same as the increase palm oil plantations in Indonesia. Of course, it needs human resources(HR)  that have special skill in palm oil plantation so that they could directly adapt well in the field.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –According to Statistic Central Bureau in 2016, the total trade between Indonesia and India reached US$ 12,9billion while the trade balance between both countries in 2016 was surplus for Indonesia reaching US$ 7,2 billion.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -By the end of 2017, the smallholders both plasma and independent ones getting RSPO certificate got more. According to RSPO, by June 2017 the plasma and independent smallholders’ areas getting RSPO certificate reached 333.345 hectares and involved 139.123 smallholders whole over the world

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Everyone can be mistaken. The proverbs might be right as a reflection that no matter how good the system is, made by human, it would not be perfect. There would be gap or the implementation of one policy is less good enough.

InfoSAWIT, BABEL -In the beginning, “Orang Rintis” or famously known as “Orang Gunung” separatedly lived in bushes around the mountain. They earn their lives by planting (pepper), making ‘rumbia’, hunting, fishing, and others.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To get full traceability up to palm oil plantation, Golden Agri-Resources Ltd., (GBR) is supported by Geotraceability (GeoT) by using the software to help the suppliers, including the middle and small palm oil factories (POFs) to collect the information of traceability.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – Until now palm oil plantation keeps being developed in Indonesia. The issues of conflict do too. Department of Science of Land and Natural Resource of Land, InstitutPertanian Bogor (IPB), Budi Mulyanto said, based on the Regulation of Agrarian Affairs, Indonesia consists of forest, non - forest, the government, the government’s company, the private, and the people’s, the farmers (