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ROHUL – In the creative hands of kelompok usaha bersama (KUB) Manunggal Mandiri in Village of Sikebau Jaya, Subdistrict of Rokan IV Koto,palm oil waste could not only be the waste only but it becomes the useful thing to give additional income.

GAHANA – Secretary of Trade and Industry, Ghana, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah said, palm oil becomes the one sleeping giant subsector in the  country which could be developed to be the source of exchange and could develop employees.

 PERAWANG – The falling price of palm oil fruit in Riau in last several weeks gives bad influence to some of the farmers. The decreasing fruit price forces them to be difficult to buy fertilizers.

LUMAJANG – A craftman makes something new for lots of men want to have akik stone. In Lumajang, for example. Wandy, the 29 year old man advantages the palm oil fruit waste to be akik stone waistband ring.

SIAK – Chairman of Olak Mandiri Cooperation, Agus Salim mentioned, the coordinators of the cooperation will divide the surplus funds of palm oil nursery during last three weeks, about Rp 1 milion to 300 members.

 JAKARTA – One of seven companies founding PISAgroin Indonesia,Bayer CropSciencehelps the farmers in Indonesia to increase their harvest and income.

NEW DELHI –Crude palm oil (CPO) price increased 0,97 % to be Rs444,60 /10 kg in the exchange on Tuesday (21/4), because the speculants involved to create the new position which was supported by the demand in the spot markets.

PEKANBARU– Based on the price making team decision of Plantation Agency of Riau Province, from 22 – 28 April, 2015, the ten year old fruit increases Rp40,77/kg to be Rp1.562,54/Kg fromthe previous period which reaching Rp1.603,31/Kg.

SAMARINDA – Central Statistic Agency (CSA), East Kalimantan Province noted, in March 2015, the Exchange Rate of Plantation Farmers a(ERPF) decreased -2,33%or about106,33%if it is compared to the previous month which reaching108,86%,

SANGATTA – District government of East Kutai supported palm oil planting in Village of Tepian Makmusr, Subdistrict of Rantau Pulung. This is part of “Bangkit Bersama Menuju Kemandirian Tepian Makmur” programme

GHANA– Association of Palm Oil Development of Ghana (OPDAG) mentioned, for last six months, there have been 48 thousands tons of unstandard palm oil which are illegally imported to Ghana without tight monitoring.

PEKANBARU –Monitoring and Evaluation Special Committee postponed to make hearing to some of plantation companies because they were not ready yet to complete the documents of Business Licences.

KUALA LUMPUR – CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil  Company Association, Datuk Dr. Makhzdir Mardan said, the problem in Malaysian palm oil plantation is the difficulty to fulfill the employees/workers in the plantation. In addition, the cost of the workers reaches mostly half of the investment.

 LEBAK – The expensive gas in the retailers make some people in District of Lebak, Banten, start to use the bulk or palm oil waste as the material to cook daily needs.

PETALING JAYA–The company which bases in Malaysia, Golden Land Bhd acquired two palm oil plantation companies in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

COLOMBO – Chairman of Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Lal Mervin Dharmasiri said, a team had gone on Thursday to investigate the people’s complaints on the environmental pollution which was made by  palm oil industry in Wattala-Hendala Road.

BENGKALIS –Plantation and Forestry  Agency of Bengkalis asked the palm oil farmers in general and the farmers in Subdistrict of Manday in special to do replanting programme in the plantations they have.

MARABAHAN – Regional Government of Barito Kuala (Batola), South Kalimantan emphasized the palm oil farmers to notice every thing which could be harmful for the farmers, such as, not to plant uncertified seeds.

GRESIK – The government gave better adjustment to palm oil industries developing the downstream products. Secretary of Industry, Saleh Husin said, Indonesia has the superiority in palm oil industries, both in the upstream and downstream sectors.