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 InfoSAWITT, KUALA LUMPUR – Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Assurance Standing Committee (RSPO ASC) kept showing its strong committed to improve RSPO assurance system by focusing on increasing the credibility and effectiveness. For the past semester, ASC conducted three meetings and one assurance forum to discuss key aspects to improve the system.

InfoSAWIT, PALEMBANG – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of South Sumatera Province in the second period - October 2024 (16 - 31 October 2024), decided on Thursday, 17 October 2024, the 10 – 20 is getting better Rp 136,97/kg to be Rp 3.268,87/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Province on 18 - 24 October 2024, the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 5/Kg to be Rp 3.288,04/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp. 14.038/kg on Thursday (17/10/2024). It meant to get increased 0,20% or about Rp 28/kg to Wednesday (16/10/2024) tender that was Rp 14.010/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Musim Mas Group in cooperation with Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming (L3F), SNV Indonesia, and ICRAF conducted Biodiverse & Inclusive Palm Oil Supply Chain (BIPOSC) – the program to escalate independent smallholders’ capacity through regenerative plantation approach. The program that has been started since 2021 was implemented in the Regency of Labuhanbatu, North Sumatera Province to create more sustainable and free deforestation – palm oil products.

InfoSAWIT, NANJING – China has more than 400 Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) members that consume about half a ton certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) every year.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – For almost a decade in the era of President Joko Widodo, food sovereignty was one of many campaign - promises that many monitored. Since in his period, Joko Widodo was committed to realize the food sovereignty. The question remains, is it realized?

InfoSAWIT, BALIKPAPAN – The main focus to reinforce palm oil plantation sector in Indonesia is by increasing the planters’ human resources. The government should encourage the training and education as the strategic things to confirm that every planter would have the capability adjusted to the industrial needs and reinforce the planters’ institutions in many regions.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was in withdraw (WD) with the highest bid Rp. 14.010/kg on Wednesday (16/10/2024). It meant to get increased 0,24% or about Rp 33/kg to Tuesday (15/10/2024) tender that was Rp 13.977/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Asosiasi Petani Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (Apkasindo) and PT Tribuana Solusi Inovasi Teknologi officially signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday (16/10/2024) in Jakarta. It would be about to increase the agricultural data quality by using drone namely for the independent smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To increase palm oil plantation sustainability and productivity, the smallholders should plant some kinds of flower, not only to beautify the plantations but also to help the ecosystem naturally.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology Agency (GCMA) conducted Climate and Air Quality Fair 2024 to socialize the latest information about air quality and encourage multiparty collaboration to face the climate change and air quality. It was on Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at the auditorium of GCMA, Jakarta, by the Secretary of GCMA Dwi Budi Sutrisno and Deputy in Climatology, GCMA, Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan.

InfoSAWIT, TANGERANG – Ministry of Trade took every planter and exporter from Indonesia to understand more about carbon policy to many importer countries namely European Union (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of the Independent Smallholdrs and FFB Documents of Riau Province Number 38 on 16 – 22 October 2024, the 9 year old FFB is getting more expensive Rp 69,07/Kg to be Rp 3.348,15/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp. 13.977/kg on Tuesday (15/10/2024). It meant to get decreased 1,12% or about Rp 158/kg to Monday (14/10/2024) tender that was Rp 14.135/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Plasma and FFB Documents of Riau Province Number 38 on 16 - 22 October 2024, the 9 year old FFB is gets cheaper Rp 3,76/Kg to be Rp 3.355,57/kg.

InfoSAWIT, SAMARINDA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of East Kalimantan Province to calculate FFB price in the first period - October 2024 (1 - 15 October 2024), the > 10 year old FFB is gets increased Rp 52,49/kg to be Rp 2.890,48/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, BANDA ACEH – Plantation and Agriculture Agency Aceh Province delivered announcement that about 50 thousand hectares of smallholders’ palm oil plantations got replanted through smallholders replanting program (SRP). It has been started since 2018 and the goal would be about to increase the plantation productivity for the smallholders in the province.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR - Two decades ago, Dato’ Lim Thiam Huat, the founder and CEO of Nextgreen had the vision to change palm oil biomass waste to be higher value – product and reduce environmental impacts from the industries. From the idea, he started researching to process the abundant empty fruit bunch (EFB) to be pulp. It eventually got patent technology of Nextgreen that changed palm oil biomass to be sustainable products.

InfoSAWIT, KYIV – Palm oil ban was discussed in Ukraine after some media reported about the misinformation – the latest act to food products. But Stepan Kapshuk, Director of Ukroliaprom Association emphasized that there would be no palm oil use – ban in Ukraine. The main focus of the new act would be about to limit fat trans in food products.