Opinion
Palm Oil Better Stay, For Earth’s Sake
Photo Credit: Agence France-Presse (AFP) Given the expected significant increase in the demand for vegetable oil as the world’s population and urbanization continue to rise, a pertinent question arises and needs…
Profiles
KUD Tani Subur: The Importance Of Champions In Reaching Success in Sustainability
Pangkalan Tiga, Central Kalimantan – A village cooperative in Central Kalimantan has become an exemplary model showing not only the many benefits that good oil palm cultivation practices can bring…
Jamal Balfas on Oil Palm Replanting, Deforestation, and Source for Alternative Timber
Trunks from the replanting of oil palm plantations in this world’s largest palm oil producer can provide a stable supply of raw material that could replace the use of timber…
Satellite Images Help Accurate Fertilization on Oil Palm Plantations
Thanks to a technology developed by Indonesian scientists at the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), routinely updated satellite imaging data can now help oil palm growers to accurately diagnose and dose…
GAPKI’s Lakshmi Sidarta: Develop the Potentials of Domestic Palm Oil Market
Indonesia’s energy would be better spent developing its domestic market for palm oil instead of looking at toward the West to drive sales of the commodity, said the Indonesian Association of…
Agnes Safford: Village Fund can Increase Smallholder Sustainability
Despite its huge potential in helping turn Indonesia’s oil palm smallholders sustainable, the government’s Village Fund has remained largely untapped and efforts were needed to mobilize this financial resource, an…