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InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU  - According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) price Team, Riau Province No. 15 on  11 to  17 April 2018, the 10 to 20 year old fruit increases Rp 26,14/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –To increase the sustainable palm oil cultivation, in the early of April 2018, about 80 independent smallholders from  District of Siak and Rokan Hulu (Rohul), Riau Province, accompanied by WRI, did comparative study to Forum Petani Swadaya Merlung Renah Mendaluh (FPS-MRM), in Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi Province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The sustainable practices that Asian Agri implements to the smallholder got benefits. In every period, Asian Agri gives premium sharing from the selling of sustainable palm oil.

Corporate Affairs Director, Asian Agri, Fadhil H

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Before bio-base industries are put aside by the natural gas and crude oil – base industries, it is the time to the last days by supporting the renewable – base industries. One of them is by using palm oil for fuel and chemical industries.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Suratno Warsito astonished when seeing groups of monkey in his plantation. In his mind he was confused.  The random areal enlargement has put the monkeys away from their home – the forest around Village of Merarai Satu, Sungai Tebelian, Sintang, West Kalimantan. The areas have become palm oil plantations reaching about 2,8 million hectares.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR -  Until now, the chemical application (herbicide/pesticide) in agriculture and plantation still has pro and contra. But it has been a general provision which could not be ignored.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI –The fire prevention program in village – base has been starting since the end of 2017 in four villages in Jambi Province, they are, Village Sumber Agung, Village of Parit, Village of Arang-Arang, and Village of Gambut Jaya. They get the continous program that has been done in 15 villages around the operational of the subsidiary of Minamas Plantation since 2015.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To increase crude palm oil (CPO) production by the intensification is intensively done as the answer that palm oil in Indonesia would not cultivate larger areas. One company running it nationally is Asian Agri.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The tighter human resource procurement in palm oil sector urged the educational institutions to improve and keep increasing their competitiveness so that the graduates could work in the companies.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -  Director of PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk (DSNG), Andrianto Oetomo, said, in 2017, the company had good work after in the previous year it had decreasing work because of continous effect of El – Nino.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - The capacity and competency of the workers (employees) become the factors to increasae the high productivity in palm oil plantation. Without focus and competency, the nursery would influence the production.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Four Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) that independently cultivate palm oil plantations multiply the lists of sustainable cultivation for the independent smallholders in Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) version.

InfoSAWIT, LAWAS  - Palm oil industries in Serawak, Malaysia keep developing. By August 2017, palm oil areas in the state laid about 1,57 million hectares.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – It needs to nurse palm oil plantation so that it could maximally produce. One thing to do is how to handle the pest – it can be done by digital application from handphone. It would ese the field planters to decide the right doze of chemical materials to solve it (pest).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Though there are many regulations in palm oil sector, unfortunately, there might have no plan in developing it.

InfoSAWIT, CAMEROON – Environmental activists who fight for palm oil development in Cameroon keep getting antithesis. Such asNasakoBesingi got, he fought for palm oil development reaching 73 thousand hectares that USA funded in the 

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The abundant palm oil trees after the replanting program would be potential to substitute the needs of wood in Indonesia. The rod could be technically processed more to have additional value.

InfoSAWIT, KETAPANG –In the recent days, the officials of regional government, consisted of Head of Regional Development Plan Agency, Public Service and Spatial Spatial, Environment, Livehood Agency, Livestock and Plantation Agency, Fishery and Food Security Agency, and others did direct visit to Essential Ecosystem Zone (EEZ) that a palm oil plantation company Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA) Group develops laying about 1.800 hectares in Village of Laman Satong, Sub district of Matan Hilir, District of Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – As one plantation company having palm oil as its mainstay commodity, Holding Perkebunan now restructurizes the corporate and makes it need relatively massive fund from the external, including the capital expenditure (Capex) in 2018 reaching Rp 16 billion.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Coordinator Minister in Economy, Darmin Nasution asked many countries in Southeast Asia to ensure that every one could get safe and healthy food, and to collaborate in answering the challenge of climate issue, population development, and areal usage competition. “RBF Jakarta is the strategic partner for Indonesia to realize Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We do hope, every side should be in synergy to present the good agricultural activity, including for the youth,” he recently said in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.