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InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to the Decision of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Price in Riau Province No. 09 period28 February to 06 March2018,  the 10-20 year old fruit gets cheaper about Rp 3,81/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – As one company focusing in laboratory test for plantation, soil, and fertilizer in palm oil plantation and other kinds of commodity, now PT Mitra Agro Servindo (MAS) has been accredited by Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN).

InfoSAWIT, SINGAPURA  - Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) announced the success of the company to 100% of traceability to the plantation for 44 palm oil factories (POFs) belonging to GAR itself.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –To increase the palm oil production optimally and sustainably was described by Asian Agri in a national seminar within the theme, ‘Kiat Sukses Replanting dan Meningkatkan Produktivitas Kelapa Sawit secara Berkelanjutan’ in Jakarta, Thursday (22/2/2018).

InfoSAWIT, SURAKARTA –The negotiation of Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA) was in the fourth round on 19-23 February 2018 in Surakarta, Central Java. The negotiation was the continuity of the third round that was held in September 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Until now the government of Indonesia keeps improving the Draft of Presidential Regulation about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) that is being formulated. So the government also communicates with every stakeholder, starting from, the smallholders, the non-government organizations, the businessmen, and the consumer countries.

InfoSAWIT, KUTAI TIMUR –Two unions -Koperasi Jasa Mutiara Kongbenghaving 623,51 hectaresand Koperasi Prima Pantun having 191,38 hectareshave passed the Main Audit process to get Indonesian Sustainable Palm Ol (ISPO) in the independent smallholders schemme.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The exports from Indonesia in January 2018 reached US$ 14,45 billionorincreased 7,86% compared to the same period in last year, 2017 (YoY). The increasing exports were supported by the exports of gas and oil, reaching 1,10% and non – oil and gas reaching 8,57%.

InfoSAWIT, TanjungToba –At the time, the Chief of Tanjung Toba Village, Hamida said, after palm oil plantation was here, the villagers got monthly income.  “The average villagers income is about Rp 1,2 millions. If they fully work in the company, they may get Rp 1,5 millions and more,” Hamida recently explained in Tanjung Toba.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - ZPHBTM (Zero Pond^TM, Zero Pollution^TM& Higher Biogas^TM ) that KIS Group introduced in Indonesia could be one solution for palm oil industries as the environmental ones.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -The booming of palm oil plantation in this last decade has urged people to run this business. Much money to make from the selling of the fruits is one reason to do the business. Sometimes, people – without having knowledge – want to run it.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Before planting palm oil, it needs to know the calculation of seeds and the nursery before the they are planted. This is to realize palm oil planting.

The stakeholders might know well how to calculate the sprout per one hectare. But it is better for the farmers to understand the calculation of the sprout needed to plant palm oil.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the early of 2013, a.e.i.o.u. studio sdn. Bhd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia introduced the paper made of palm oil empty bunch.

It is called “Go Palm”. The company that runs its business since 1996, produces kinds of paper made of palm oil and mostly in the form of gift paper, wrapping paper and greeting cards since 2009.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA  - The sweet things could turn to be sad when the smallholders faced lots of debts and should be paid.

This happened with the smallholders. In 2008, for instance, when the crude palm oil got the best price, and the expensive fresh fruit bunch (FFB), the farmers changed their areas to be palm oil plantation.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Interesting. It is the word when reading the preface of the book “182 Tahun Perkebunan di Indonesia  (1830-2012)”, that was written by Iman Budhi Santono, a litterateur, and humanist of Yogyakarta. In the philosophy of Javanese, the most ‘honest’ creature in the world is plantation. For it is important, the plantation could be as the name of a village. The plantation could be meant as the power, patience, honesty, and loyalty.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARAT - Coordinator for Oil Palm Research, Cirad, Montpellier-France, Prof Alain Rival noted, palm oil has kinds of superiority. For example, from the oil factor, palm oil is more productive 10 times than other kinds of vegetable oil.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Besides having much potential in the agronomy and social to help the people’s economy, the facts showed that crude palm oil (CPO) and the derivatives are loved by the food producers in the world. It is no question that every food industry both in Europe and United States of America mostly use palm oil as the ingredients or the additional material.

InfoSAWIT,  BANDUNG –In 2016, Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency had run the first Pekan Riset Sawitand exposed 46 results of researches, such as, fiber helm filler, bioplastic made of empty bunch, technology packet of laminate board using palm oil stalk, anionic surfactant from palm oil to increase the crude oil production in the old field, and palm oil application in smartphone and others.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – About 700 palm oil workers  (employees) that consist of harvesters and nurses in PT. Sarana Prima Muti Niaga (SPMN) demonstrated and stopped working on Monday (12/2/2018). They refused the salary mechanism that PT. SPMN did. The workers claimed, the salary mechanism was less than the minimal salary.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The smallholders joining in Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS)thought, the crude palm oil supporting fund (CSF) that has been running since in the midst of 2015 is not correct.