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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Asosiasi Petani Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (Apkasindo) urged the government not to postpone corruption assumption in biodiesel case. This is about not to deliver impacts for biodiesel program in the future and for the smallholders as victims.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To encourage and accelerate Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme, and to solve palm oil certification needs in downstream sectors, the government started to adjust President’s Regulation (PR) Number 44 / 2020 about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Certification System.

InfoSAWIT, ACEH – Chairman of Gabungan Kelompok Tani (Gapoktan) Aman Damai, Sutrisno P said that his group would be very happy to get development from Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) to propose Infrastructure Program which would be used to improve paths to production (plantations) and ways from the plantations to road.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Attorney is still investigating palm oil fund corruption assumption in Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) in 2015 - 2022. Though the case has been in investigation – phase since 7 September 2023, the investigators do not decide who the suspects are. The attorney also targeted corporates that might involve in the case. The Attorney questioned 23 witnesses and some of them are high managers in palm oil corporates.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) increased to be Rp 10.800/kg on Monday (25/9/2023). It means it got better Rp 100/kg compared to Friday (22/9/2023) tender that was Rp 10.700/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Geophysics, Climatology, and Meteorology Agency (GCMA) mentioned that only 10 (ten) percent of many regions in Indonesia where the rain falls. Climate analysis GCMA, Kukuh Prasetyaningtyas said that in a statement in Jakarta, Saturday (23/9/2023)

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) price at Malaysia Derivatives Exchange got more expensive on Monday (25/9/2023) morning trade. It followed the expensive other vegetable oils at Dalian Exchange and the decreasing ringgit currency.

InfoSAWIT, MARABAHAN – Thursday, 21 September 2023, South Kalimantan Province and Livestock and Plantation Agency District of Barito Kuala did a meeting to socialize cultivation documents for smallholders. It was the commitment of the government to welfare them in the region.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the 63^rd Commemoration of Farmer’s Day on 24 September 2023, Indonesia faced the serious challenges about agrarian conflicts in palm oil plantation sectors. Farmer’s Day should not be the moment to celebrate the services of farmers (smallholders) but also should contemplate the essence of Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria (UUPA) which was published in 1960 and becomes the basic policy to regulate every aspect about earth and everything good in it that the country mastered and used for the welfare of the people, as it is regulated in Chapter 33 article (3) Undang – Undang Dasar 1945 (UUD 45), which is a binding constitution of Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Covid-19 pandemic forced China to conduct stick regulation and even closed market access. It is normal that in 2019 to 2022 vegetable oil trade in the country decreased.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) got award again in IDX Channel Award Anugerah Inovasi Indonesia (ICAII) 2023 in electronic Traceability Information System (eTIS) through its subsidiary, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Agri (ANJA). The award was handed over to ANJ Group representative, Harsono Sutikno Wednesday (20/09/2023) at Mainhall Bursa Efek Indonesia, South Jakarta.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Regional Managing Director Solidaridad Asia, Shatadru Chattopadhayay said that his side did many discussions with the Government of Malaysia and Indonesia. In general, many independent smallholders face their own challenges.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The sue proposed by Director of Sawit Watch, Achmad Surambo to Constitutional Court on Wednesday (20/9/2023) would be the focus to make sure palm oil companies’ responsibility about violation which has happens for years.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Prior as InfoSAWIT informed from Environment Agency Daerah Khusus Ibukota (DKI) Jakarta that the agency delivered administrative sanction for a palm oil industry that operates in Jakarta.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In recent days, Deputy II Coordinator Ministry in Economy did public consultation about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil President Regulation (ISPO PR) Draft. It showed the independency of the draft. It would not be as a change but substitution of PR Number 44 / 2020. ISPO PR covered the upstream and downstream sectors which are the plantation, downstream industries, and bioenergy businesses in palm oil.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG – Professor Forum of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) is the place to discuss the latest research. It was told in scientific oration of professor in the west hall of ITB, Saturday, 16 September 2023.

InfoSAWIT, NORTH ACEH– To support and accelerate Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification process for smallholders, the smallholders in North Aceh started meeting to establish internal control system (ICS).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificate wold be very significant for palm oil commodity in Indonesia both in the upstream to downstream sectors.

InfoSAWIT, KETAPANG - El Nino is phenomenon that makes the day drier and escalates temperature in many regions in Indonesia. To anticipate this extreme weather, PT Kayung Agro Lestari (KAL), the subsidiary of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) dii preventive and collaborative activities that involved many stakeholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil plantation companies’ stocks on Friday, 22 September 2023 trade increased up to 3,33 percent. The peak one went to stocks of GZCO and 17 others followed.