Boosting farmer productivity, PTPN IV PalmCo accelerates the rejuvenation of people's palm oil in Indonesia

Published 2024년 1월 26일

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State-owned oil palm plantation company, PTPN IV PalmCo, plans to rejuvenate 60 thousand hectares of old oil palm plantations owned by farmers by 2026, as part of its commitment to support the government's program to increase palm oil productivity. The company will also provide certified seeds and strengthen human resources for partner farmers. Meanwhile, a new Minister of Agriculture Regulation is being drafted to unify various aspects of the palm oil industry, aiming to simplify verification processes and improve access to assistance from the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS). The success of the program is expected to be influenced by collaboration with PTPN IV PalmCo.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – PTPN IV PalmCo is committed to continuing to accelerate smallholder palm oil rejuvenation (PSR) as part of supporting the government's program to increase farmers' palm oil productivity. The state-owned oil palm plantation company under the auspices of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) is targeting to revitalize or rejuvenate 60 thousand hectares (ha) of old oil palm plantations owned by farmers that are no longer productive by 2026. "We have to rejuvenate 60 thousand hectares of people's oil palms by 2026, specifically in West Kalimantan there are more than 16 thousand hectares," said Main Director of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Mohammad Abdul Ghani when opening the PTPN Workshop for People's Palm Oil which was held in Pontianak, Kalimantan West (West Kalimantan), in a press statement received by Republika, on Friday (25/1). As a state-owned company, he emphasized that PTPN does not only focus on making profits. However, more ...

Source: Republika