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InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Plasma Smallholder and FFB Documents Riau Province Number 05 on 7 February – 13 February 2024, the 9 year old FFB is getting cheaper Rp 87,50/Kg to be Rp 2.655,83/kg.

InfoSAWIT, LHOKSEUMAWE – Palm oil plantations in Regency of Aceh Utara develop but palm oil labors face the fact that their salary is just only Rp 200 per kilogram of harvested fresh fruit bunch.

InfoSAWIT, LABUHANBATU – Regency of Labuhanbatu Utara, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and Masyarakat Agroforestri Indonesia (MAFI) did cooperation to support sustainable palm oil development there through Sustainable Farming in Tropical Asian Landscapes (SFITAL).

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKA RAYA – Governor of Central Kalimantan, H. Sugianto Sabran officially inaugurated forum discussion with the theme "Prospek Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit Pasca Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja (UUCK)" that Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) did. It was running in SwissBell Hotel Danum, Palangka Raya Monday, 5 February 2024.

InfoSAWIT, YOGAKARTA – Asosiasi Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia (APTS-IPI) in cooperation with Faculty of Agroindustry Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta (UMBY) did Forum Group Discussion (FGD) Palm Oil Curriculum and Bimbingan Teknis (Bimtek) Penyusunan Artikel Ilmiah Bereputasi, on 1 February 2024.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKARAYA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Central Kalimantan Province in the first period - Januari (16 - 31 January 2024), it was decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is increasing Rp 164,07/Kg to be Rp 2.564,09/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) was Rp 11.550/kg on Monday (5/2/2024). It means it got cheaper Rp 86/kg or about 0,74% to Friday (2/2/2024) tender which was Rp 11.636/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – In 2023, PTPN IV PalmCo Regional 3 Riau Province successfully did smallholders replanting program (SRP) for about 1.135 hectares from 568 smallholders in Bumi Lancang Kuning. SRP was the response to the old trees.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG – Asosiasi Produsen Oleochemical Indonesia (Apolin) projected that oleochemical product exports from Indonesia could be reaching US$ 54 billion in 2030. It is hoped to get the projection, should be developed by having palm oil downstream industries in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Mansuetus Darto, a smallholders’ coordinator who is also actively supporting Ganjar-Mahfud as President and Vice President Candidate number 3 in the next election, would vote it by politically consideration. He believed the candidate would positively chance palm oil sectors in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – By the late of 2023, Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) did webinar with the theme "Call for Proposal Grant Riset Sawit 2024". It was part of socialization in Program Grant Riset Sawit yang which is one service in palm oil fund.

InfoSAWIT, BATANG HARI – Students of Technic of Agriculture, Universitas Jambi (UNJA) did something interesting in "Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Limbah Pelepah Kelapa Sawit menjadi Biobriket sebagai Sumber Energi Alternatif".

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Professor in Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology at Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) and Member of Biosafety Technical Team in Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Prof. Antonius Suwanto said that it is significant to plant biotechnology seeds to support smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The ideal thing of infant industry would have many supports. They could be from many parties, for instance, the government for publishing the regulation. It could happen that biodiesel energy would be expensive thing for now. But in the context of energy security in national scale, biodiesel would be the reference for Indonesia to get fuel energy self-sufficiency.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG - Malaysia has confirm itself to be the main actor in palm oil sector by producing more than 260 derivative products from crude palm oil (CPO), including tocotrienols and tocopherols that were directly extracted from palm oil trees.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Expert Board of Tim Pemenangan Nasional (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud, Danang Girindrawardana told that palm oil has significant roles in the economy of Indonesia. it is the mainstay export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative products. Though it has big potential, the challenges in plantation productivity, sustainability, smallholders’ rights, and big plantations needs solutions.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Indonesia and Malaysia, two biggest palm oil producers in the world have been competing to be the main and number one in palm oil sectors. Both countries have long history and reflect that they have changing dynamic, mainstay, and challenges. Though Indonesia successfully took over Malaysia as the main palm oil producer since 2016, the differences in approach and strategies between the two, offered valuable lesson to develop the future palm oil industries.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Province to decide FFB price on 2 - 8 February 2024, it decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 49,50/Kg to be Rp 2.639,55/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG – Some palm oil plantation production regions in Indonesia got the impacts of flood recently. This delivered impact to crude palm oil (CPO) price that got more expensive in domestic level, that reached Rp 12 thousand per kilogram.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Non – profit association, Croplife Indonesia keeps reinforcing its commitment to represent farmers/smallholders, seeds – pesticide industries namely in education. In the ceremony with the theme, "Adopsi Bioteknologi untuk Transformasi Pertanian Indonesia" on 2 February, Croplife Indonesia would like to escalate the understanding about urgent adoption and biotechnology research development in agriculture to nationally maintain fod security and escalate the farmers/smallholders’ welfare.