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InfoSAWIT, PALEMBANG – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of South Sumatera Province in the first period – April 2023, on Monday, 10 April 2023 it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting cheaper Rp 37,71/Kg to be Rp 2.641,07/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – After conducting palm oil grant research or Grant Riset Sawit (GRS) regularly every year by Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA), there have been many researches, for instance, some researches which were funded are now in pilot project or commercial, such as, helmet made of empty bunch composite by IPB University, Surfactant MES by IPB University in cooperation with PT. Petrokimia Gresik, PVC stabilize by ITB in cooperation with PT Timah Indonesia, POME advantage to be BBG by ITB in cooperation with PTPN V, palm oil gasoline and its catalyst by ITB in cooperation with PT. Pura, and maturity detection tool (yield) of fresh fruit bunch by UNAND.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – 28 February 2023 was the last day to gather proposals in palm oil grant research or Grant Riset Sawit (GRS) that Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) always does every year.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Though she studied in Livestock in Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) it is not the challenges for Cheptia Amany to get information and join with the Youth in Sustainability community.

InfoSAWIT, SAMPIT – Villagers of Waringin Agung, Sub district of Antang Kalang want their areas back. They were joining transmigration program and their areas are taken by palm oil plantation company.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Corruption in palm oil sectors that involved Surya Darmadi, the owner of PT Duta Palma Group in Riau Province delivered losses up to trillions of rupiah for the country and destroyed thousands of hectares of forests.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - The girl of Banjarmasin, East Kalimantan thought that forbidding palm oil to use or to consume, as some countries claimed recently would make new problems.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Sustainable and best practices can be improved in palm oil plantation in national scale. The sustainable cultivation would encourage the increasing harvest which derived from plantation productivity. Besides, sustainable certificate would also escalate the additional values for the smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Vice Governor of West Sumatera Province, Audy Joinaldy said that stunting issue and extreme poverty are high in the province. He said that the two are taking place in palm oil plantation centers.

InfoSAWIT, LANDAK – Not like many palm oil plantation companies in national scale that got profits, PT Ichtiar Gusti Pudi (IGP) goes to bankrupt and has debts for about Rp 32 billion with its partners.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) got cheaper to be Rp 12.203/kg on Thursday (6/4/2023). It meahs it decreased Rp 50/Kg compared to Wednesday (5/4/2023) tender which was Rp 12.253/kg.

InfoSAWIT JAKARTA – For palm oil plantations deliver significant impacs for villagers’ source of living in Indonesia, the government advantages this commodity and reinforces Indonesia as the leader in palm oil plantations globally by expanding the plantations. But the areas to new planting get narrower in Kalimantan and Sumatera. It now tends to be developed by acquiring areas in Papua.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Crude palm oil (CPO) stock in Malaysia could be decreasing significantly in the past two years in March 2023. It decreased less than two levels of two million tons. It happened for the increasing exports and production in the second palm oil producer in the world.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Province on 7 - 13 April 2023, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 27,08/Kg to be Rp 22.677,64/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Crude palm oil (CPO) price at Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange on Thursday (6/5/2023) got better after it was decreasing for some previous sessions. It happened for the prediction of decreasing stocks in March 2023.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Though by planting and developing palm oil, the smallholders get enough income, it is not wrong to develop other business. It could support their income, for instance, by breeding bees.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKARAYA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Central Kalimantan Province on 1 - 28 March 2023 to decide FFB in April 2023, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 159,22/Kg to be Rp 2.706,44/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, MEDAN – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of North Sumatera Province on 5 - 11 April 2023, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is is getting better Rp 40,39/Kg to be Rp 2.767,59/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) got cheaper to be Rp 12.253/kg on Wednesday (5/4/2023). It means it decreased Rp 52/Kg compared to Tuesday (4/4/2023) tender which was Rp 12.305/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - For smallholders’ palm oil plantations laid about 41% of the total plantations in Indonesia, the roles of smallholders cannot be ignored to develop palm oil industries nationally. In their hands, they will determine palm oil plantation development