Palm oil's biggest contribution to Indonesia is no longer a secret

Jakarta – Palm oil is the world's Top-4 source of vegetable oil. In fact, in several countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh; In some African and Asian countries, palm oil is the main source of vegetable oil. For Indonesia, cooking oil is very important as a food ingredient, namely as a source of energy and fat. Cooking oil has also been designated as one of the nine staple foods (sembako) in Indonesia. As part of the basic needs, the availability and affordability of cooking oil in all regions is part of the governance of national food security. In the last 40 years, the palm oil industry has contributed to bringing major changes to the cooking oil industry in Indonesia. Citing the PASPI report, the changes in question are, First, a rapid and massive increase in palm oil production that has also changed the pattern of the cooking oil industry, which was originally based on coconut oil (coconut based cooking oil industry) to become palm oil based cooking oil. . Second, the ...