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SPKS Says Palm Oil Fund Not Benefitting Them
The Palm Oil Farmers Union (SPKS) is hailing the government’s decision to drop an export levy for the commodity but said that the fund gathered from the levy was heavily in favor of benefiting the biodiesel industry, and not the smallholders.
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PT. Asian Agri Scheme Oil Palm Farmers Begin Harvesting Replanted Crops
A total of 135 oil palm farmers working with PT Asian Agri under a plasma scheme have become the first to begin to harvest plantations that were replanted in 2016, the company said on Wednesday.
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Indonesian Oil Palm Farmers Wants Task-forces to Help Protect Them
In its bid to develop the national palm oil industry, the government needed to protect its smallholders, including by setting up a number taskforces, each to deal with one of the major challenges faced by these growers, a palm oil labor activist said.
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Opinion Mixed on Impact of Low World Palm Oil Prices
The number of stakeholders of the Indonesian palm oil industry is warning of the high risk of layoffs following almost a year of weak world palm oil prices, others remained adamant that the current situation was not yet that bad.
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Pressure Mounts Against Greenpeace Over Anti-Palm Oil Campaign
The Indonesian palm oil sector is stepping up pressure against environmental watchdog Greenpeace which is accused of not only attacking the nation’s sovereignty but also of threatening the livelihood of millions of palm oil farmers and plantation workers through its recent series of anti-palm oil campaign.
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Indonesian Farmers Call for Reduction of Palm Oil Export Levy
Indonesian palm oil farmers are calling on the government to reduce the export levy on palm oil exports and derivative products as the price o the commodity in world markets continued to weaken, causing suffering for the farmers.
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What Indonesian newspapers are reporting about the industry
Indonesia plans to make B30 mandatory, studies B100
The Jakarta Post, 11 December 2018 The government plans to further boost domestic biodiesel consumption to absorb more crude palm oil (CPO) amid fluctuation in the global market price of the commodity. The government is carrying out research to increase the portion of...
Biodiesel reference price falls to Rp6,589 per liter
Kontan Harian, 11 December 2018 The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has readjusted the market price index for vegetable fuel. In the readjustment, biodiesel is priced at Rp6,589 per liter, down Rp748 from Rp7,277 per liter in November 2018. The adjusted price...
Farmers welcome CPO export levy revocation
Kompas, 10 December 2018 Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) Jambi Chapter Chair Usman Ermulan said on Sunday (9 December) that the government's decision to revise the export levy on crude palm oil (CPO) through the Finance Ministerial Regulation No.152/2018, which...
Govt prepares bylaw on peatland
Kompas, 10 December 2018 Jambi Legislative Council is initiating a bylaw on peatland management which will ban new peatland conversion and other actions that may dry out peatlands. Jambi Peatland Society Network Chair Budiman reminded the government to prepare Jambi...
Press Release
The Palm Scribe compiles press releases from various parties in the palm oil industry.
More Smallholders Get ISPO Certified
A village level cooperative gathering almost 250 smallholders in Riau province on Monday (10/12) became the latest group of palm oil farmers to get certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme.
Ready for replanting, KUD Sawit Subur signed the MOU with BRI, BPDPKS and Asian Agri
Musi Banyuasin, 16 October 2017 – Asian Agri, one of the leading private companies in Indonesia, signed an MoU with cooperative KUD Sawit Subur, bank BRI and government body BPDPKS (Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund Agency) for a smallholder oil palm replanting program...
PROFILE
CPOPC Faces Difficult Task in Pushing for Palm Oil Sustainability Acceptance
The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) is facing a difficult task in developing a sustainable palm oil industry and pushing for acceptance of the commodity globally, its outgoing Executive Director Mahendra Siregar, said.
The Role of Young Generation in Building Palm Oil Industry
Most young people are unaware of the importance that palm oil plays in their life. For them, the commodity and its producing industry are more often than not, perceived in a negative way, a perspective that has been fed to most people since they were small children.
SPECIAL REPORTS
Ecolabel Product in Indonesia; Is It Working?
Ever curious on whether good intentions actually translate into something workable, The Palm Scribe took to the streets to interview at random the targeted decision-makers that would benefit most from the Ecolabel – the housewife.
Papuans want palm oil plantations
That one’s life can turn like a wheel, with its ups and downs, is something that Samuel Maikea and his wife Rachel Derione can vouch for. This native Papuan couple from the Iwaro Tribe have now settled in Puragi village, in the South Sorong district of West Papua....
OPINION
Green Cheater
Greenpeace continues to deceive citizens with its fundraising campaign. After the recent sideshows in front of supermarkets, our heroes decided to chain themselves in front of Mondelez’s factories in Northern Italy and protest again palm oil giant Wilmar using the catchphrase: “No to Palm Oil! that Kills Forests.”
Facing the Challenges Towards a Sustainable Indonesian Palm Oil
Despite the efforts and hard work of many in the Indonesian palm oil industry to make sustainability a norm, this major Indonesian commodity continues to become the target of incessant attacks and accusations from many corners, being labeled as a destroyer of the environment and especially forests.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE II SEMINAR
24 APRIL 2018
This conference will discuss EU palm oil import policy and what it will affect Indonesia palm oil industry
14TH INDONESIA PALM OIL CONFERENCE
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS EXPO
9 – 11 Oktober 2018
This conference is the only specialized Palm Oil event in Asia that brings together an international congregation of both upstream and downstream palm oil companies and also its supporting industries gathered in the capital city of North Sumatera, Medan to showcase the latest developments in the palm oil industry.