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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Basal stem rot disease in palm oil is a serious issue that threatens palm oil plantation productivity, production, and growth. The disease happened for many pathogens, including kinds of fungi which is biologically classified, namely in mushroom category.

InfoSAWIT, ROHUL – A horrific tragedy stroke Regency of Rokan Hulu (Rohul). A worker that gathered palm oil seeds, FR was found dead in palm oil plantation in Village of Sungai Kuti, Sub district of Kunto Darussalam. It was TH (23), known as Timbul who also worked with the victim, did stab FR.

InfoSAWIT, SEMARANG – In the first quarter of 2024 would be the moment for Vocational Study Program, Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) for successfully getting prestige through Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit (SDMPKS) scholarship.

InfoSAWIT, TANAH LAUT – Central Kalimantan Province keeps trying the best to escalate paddy production by adopting innovative strategy, which is, to optimize the areas and expand the planting through intercrops between food plantation, particularly paddy with palm oil.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKARAYA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Central Kalimantan Province for the first period - April (1-15 April 2024), the 10 – 20 year old FFB is gets increased Rp 84,95/Kg to be Rp 2.905,25/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender t PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.368/kg on Friday (19/4/2024), it means to get cheaper Rp 97/kg or about 0,04% to Thursday (18/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.465/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk., (AALI) is one company that operates palm oil plantations in Indonesia. Established since 1988, PT AAL telah expands its business by having the widest palm oil plantations in Sumatera, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. But its success always follows controversy about the overlapping palm oil plantations with forest areas.

InfoSAWIT, MAMUJU – To maintain the order and fairness for smallholders in West Sulawesi Province, Plantation Agency West Sulawesi Province regularly conducted meeting to decide performance index (P index) and fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price every month. The meeting was conducted in Hotel Berkah Mamuju, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 to decide FFB price in April 2024.

InfoSAWIT, PALEMBANG – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of South Sumatera Province in the second period - April 2024 (16-30 April 2024), decided on Thursday, 18 April 2024, the 10 – 20 gets increased Rp 63,42/kg to be Rp 2.881,87/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Proince on 19-25 April 2024, the 10 – 20 year old FFB gets increased Rp 52,29/Kg to be Rp 2.956,73/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude pam oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was in Withdraw (WD) with the highest bid Rp 12.465/kg on Thursday (18/4/2024). It means it increased Rp 5/kg or about 0,04% to Wednesday (17/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.460/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PALU – The Province of Central Sulawesi delivered announcement about the progressive things to recover palm oil plantations. 282,74 hectares of palm oil plantations where PT Agro Nusa Abadi (PT ANA) which is the subsidiary of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk., cultivated in Regency of Morowali Utara have been returned for the smallholders – the villagers of Bunta, after having reverification and revalidation process.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - The implementation of palm oil – cow integrated program in some regions now shows positive trends. It involved 891 smallholders and 32 palm oil plantation companies with 116 thousand hectares plantations in four provinces.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Forum Wartawan Pertanian (Forwatan) and three palm oil downstream associations, such as, Asosiasi Produsen Biofuels Indonesia (APROBI), Gabungan Industri Minyak Nabati Indonesia (GIMNI), and Asosiasi Produsen Oleochemical Indonesia (APOLIN) did promotion and social acts in Ramadhan 2024.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – Study Program Teknologi dan Manajemen Produksi Perkebunan (TMP) Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) was in good cooperation with PT Minamas Gemilang, Sime Darby through Minamas Scholarship since 2010 to 2018.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.460/kg on Wednesday (17/4/2024) which means, it got cheaper Rp 316/kg or about 2,47% to Tuesday (16/4/2024) tender that was Rp 12.776/kg.

InfoSAWIT, MUMBAI – Sunflower oil imports in India increased 51% in March 2024 to the previous month. It hit the highest record in the history. The main factor was that sunflower oil was cheaper (than palm oil) that encouraged distillers to escalate their imports while reducing palm oil imports, as five dealers mentioned, as quoted from Reuters.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – For many decades, we have known and informed about the sad news informing about the bad situation in this earth. But when negative issues develop, a researcher and website vice editor of The World in Data in Universitas Oxford, Hannah Ritchie wrote a book that proposed optimism and delivered new insight about how the world could make the situation upside down. One significant point in the book is the roles of palm oil industries that are often taken as the main actors in deforestation.

InfoSAWIT, SAMARINDA – To solve fresh fruit bunch (FFB) issue that many middlemen take part in, East Kalimantan Plantation Agency suggests smallholders to get partnership with (crude) palm oil mills.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp 12.776/kg on Tuesday (16/4/2024), it means, it got cheaper Rp 529/kg or about 3,98% to Friday (5/4/2024) tender that was Rp 13.305/kg.