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InfoSAWIT, KETAPANG – Regent of Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province, Martin Rantan suggested the people to develop palm oil plantations as one part of the regional government to offer palm oil mill investment in the regency. He told that when attending ‘meet and greet’ with the villagers of Sidahari, Lamboy, Sub district of Jelai Hulu in a football field, Village of Sidahari, Lamboy.

InfoSAWIT, MESIR – On Saturday, 27 April, Vice Minister of Trade Indonesian Republic, Jerry Sambuaga visited SAVCO, a palm oil mill in Egypt. It was the significant moment f9r SAVCO to cooperate with Sinar Mas, palm oil company in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.225/kg on Monday (29/4/2024). It got escalated Rp 95/kg or about 0,78% to Friday (26/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.130/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – For palm oil plantation governance is not perfect yet, Lembaga Pertahanan Nasional Indonesian Republic (Lemhanas RI) concerns about it. The institution proposed to get collaboration and improvement by conducting seminar grup diskusi (SGD) with the theme "Strategi Pengembangan Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit yang Berkelanjutan Guna Meningkatkan Kredit Karbon dan Mengurangi Emisi Gas Rumah Kaca."

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - The central government published a regulation to distribute palm oil profit sharing for palm oil producer provinces and regencies/cities. This could be the new excitement for the regions to make palm oil plantations and the downstream sectors go forward. Palm oil profit sharing to the regions could be the big capital to welfare the local.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Smallholders replanting program (SRP) in Banten Province significantly delivered the positive for smallholders. Before it ran, the smallholders’ plantation production (fresh fruit bunch/FFB) was not too good because it was assumed, the planted unclear/illegitimate seeds. But after SRP runs, their plantation production got increased.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) congratulated the elected president and vice president in 2024-2029 that General Election Commission (GEC) sentenced 24 April 2024. The new leaders in this country, as SPKS hoped, should support sustainable smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, BENGKALIS – Regency of Bengkalis through Plantation Agency Regency of Bengkalis and Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) did memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support palm oil plantation infrastructures in the area.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - The villagers who live within limited facilities now drastically change because they get better economy from FFB trade. The escalating life standard made them change in life style and tend to be more consumptive and could be out of control.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Teladan Prima Agro Tbk (TLDN) announced the plan to share dividend that reached Rp 158,08 billion in 2023 for every shareholder. It was decided in the Annual General Meeting Shareholders (AGMS) of 2023 that was held on 25 April 2024 in Jakarta.

InfoSAWIT, KUKAR – Unit Pelaksana Teknis Dinas Pengawasan Benih Perkebunan (UPTD PBP) East Kalimantan Plantation Agency did socialization about seed regulation in Sub district of Anggana, Regency of Kutai Kartanegara. It was inaugurated by Head of UPTD PBP, Eka Rini Elvianti that represented East Kalimantan Plantation Agency, Wednesday, 24 April 2024.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Crude palm oil (CPO) significantly got increasing price in March 2024. It hit the top at RM 4.327 per ton. But Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) predicted, it would be stable at about RM 4.000 to RM 4.200 per ton this month.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To prepare skillful human resources for the youth and to get palm oil cultivation practices, Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) encouraged them who graduated from high schools in many palm oil plantation centers to register and get scholarship that Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) would provide.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.130/kg on Friday (26/4/2024). It meant to get escalated Rp 113/kg or about 0,94% compared to pada Thursday (25/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.017/kg.

InfoSAWIT, KOTABARU – As the number one palm oil producer country in the world, Indonesia would try to escalate its plantation productivity by conducting smallholders replanting program (SRP). In an event in Batulicin, South Kalimantan Province, Director of Palm Oil Plant and Various Palm, Ardi Praptono that represented minister of agriculture, said that SRP would be significant as the strategic thing to escalate plantation productivity in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – European Union (EU) that would regulate of deforestation in European Union on Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) and was firstly declared in the 2019 Commission Communication, has become the focus and controversy since it has been implemented on 29 June 2023. The regulation mandates the commitment to evaluate regulation and non-regulation in supply chain, escalate transparency, minimize deforestation risks about commodity imports to EU.

InfoSAWIT, MEDAN – Water is the crucial need for mankind but as the population gets increasing and so do the industries, fresh water supply in the world gets more decreasing. Only about 3% of the total water in the world is fresh one while the rests, 97% is salt water in the sea that could not be directly consumed. As the impact, many will get hurt for having heath issue and even go to an end for consuming polluted water.

InfoSAWIT, BELITUNG – Production-forest region in Village of Pelepak Putih, Sub district of Sijuk, Regency of Belitung, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Province was the target to discipline palm oil plantations by the forest police of Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan Lindung (KPHL) Belantu Mendanau. It was about to protect forest conservation from misuse cultivation or plantations without permits.

InfoSAWIT, BANDAR LAMPUNG – To escalate protection program for palm oil plantation labors in Lampung Province in 2024, palm oil profit sharing program has been formulated to deliver accident insurance through adan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS) Ketenagakerjaan in Bandar Lampung.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.017/kg on Thursday (25/4/2024). This meant to get cheaper Rp 38/kg or about 2,5% to Wednesday (24/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.325/kg.