Indonesia: Red oil factories will be built in 4 provinces

Jakarta - The Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Teten Masduki, said he would build red edible oil factories in four provinces. This is in line with the direction of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Teten said the plan was in line with President Jokowi's request to improve the supply of cooking oil, especially from palm oil farmer cooperatives. At least, the area of land owned by oil palm smallholders reaches 41 percent, and 35 percent of CPO is produced by smallholder plantations. "Well, there is a technology developed by the palm oil research center in Medan that can produce red oil, red edible oil," he said in a discussion with the Chief Editor of Mass Media at M Bloc Space, Jakarta, Monday (13/6/2022). 1. Four locations were selected for the construction of the red edible oil plant His party will make piloting, by establishing factories in North Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, and Central Kalimantan. The progress, he continued, would be reported to the President. "That's a directive from ...