Palmoilmagazine.com, JAKARTA - The controversy over palm oil has not ended, despite efforts by crude palm oil producers to address prevailing sustainability issues. Interestingly, the glob- al COVID -19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have not halted the smear campaigns of palm oil detractors.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA - Palm oil biodiesel development keeps running in national scale. Biodiesel mandatory program does too. Prior the mixture reached 30% with diesel.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA – One investment opportunity in palm oil shell industries is pellet (high-energy density biomass) that could increase calorie value of palm oil shell to be equal with anthracite coal (6.100- 6.400 kilo calory/kcal per kg).
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) increased to be Rp 10.530/kg on Monday (3/10/2022). It means, it increased Rp 30/Kg compared to Friday (30/9/2022) tender which was Rp 10.500/kg.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) reference price to decide Out Fee (OF) on 1 – 15 October 2022 is US$ 792,19/metric ton (MT). The numbers get cheaper 6,4% or US$ 54,13 compared to it on 16—30 September 2022.
Palmoilmagazine.com, JAKARTA - On Indonesia’s National Batik Day, marking the anniversary of UNESCO’s recognition of Indonesian batik as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the Laweyan Batik Village Development Forum (FPKBL) have joined forces, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish their mutual intention to collaborate in advancing and promoting batik products that use sustainable palm oil raw materials in Indonesia.
Palmoilmagazine.com, JAKARTA - The management of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (Astra Agro) has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable management of oil palm plantations. This commitment includes our efforts to preserve the environment and respect human rights.
Palmoilmagazine.com, JAKARTA – Prior some civil society organizations, such as, Friends of the Earth International and Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (Walhi) Indonesia accused PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk., (AALI) and its subsidiary about environment damages, human rights violation, area robbery, and violation to local people in some regions in Indonesia.
Palmoilmagazine.com, JAKARTA – More than 50 (fifty) civil society organizations (CSOs) from the world sent open letter for consumer brands so that they should immediately stop palm oil supply chain from the second biggest palm oil plantation company in Indonesia - Astra Agro Lestari (AALI) to deliver solution for what the people complained about.
Palmoilmagazine, PEMATANG RAYA – The independent smallholders in Dusun V Negeri I, Nagori Muara Mulai, Sub district of Tanah Jawa, District of Simalungun, North Sumatera Province did sekolah lapangan that delivered materials about sustainable palm oil plantation practices.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA - In general, fertilization is about to guarantee available nutrient optimally to support the plantation to grow and get increasing harvest. There are kinds of fertilizers sold in the markets but the planters should know and figure out what fertilizers to apply to increase the harvest, and also to notice environmental aspects as the consideration.
Palmoilmagazine, KUALA LUMPUR – For having population about 115 million men, fat and oil consumption in Philippine reached 1,7 million metric tons (MT) in 2021, or increased 41.000 tons or about 2,5% compared to 2020. Palm oil is the main consumption in the country that contributed about 76,7% of the total oil and fat in the country in 2021.
Palmoilmagazine, JAMBI - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Jambi Province, districts, and local organization launched memorandum of understanding (MoU) to escalate smallholders’ inclusion in sustainable ecosystem through Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification scheme.
Palmoilmagazine, AGRA – Palm oil exports from Indonesia could be increasing in the second semester this year because of the temporary zero levy. But the total exports from Indonesia could be much less in 2022 than the prediction that reached 33,7 million tons because of the previous lockdown, as quoted from Reuters.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) price at Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange decreased almost 7% on Monday (26/9/2022) because of the cheaper other vegetable oil price when many concern about global recession and the warning of advance analysts that predicted, CPO could be cheaper 30% until the late of this year because of abundant supply but decreasing demands.
Palmoilmagazine, KUALA LUMPUR – In the competition, (crude) palm oil from Malaysia is defeated by Indonesia because the Government of Indonesia minimizes the levy which showed that Indonesia really focuses to reduce the stocks for the last few months.
Palmoilmagazine, KISARAN – Vice Regent of Asahan, Taufik Zainal Abidin hoped that the central government and Indonesian Legislators re-eniven palm oil plantation development in perkebunan inti rakyat (PIR) system because it proved to welfare the smallholders.
Palmoilmagazine, PASIR PENGARAIAN – To get the advantages from palm oil plantations, District of Rokan Hulu (Rohul) did accelerate the program of Strategi Nasional Pencegahan Korupsi (Stranas PK) proposed by Corruption Eradication Commission (CEC) Indonesian Republic, particularly about the implementation of one map policy – plantation.
Palmoilmagazine, JAKARTA - Sustainable palm oil plantation practices through ISPO scheme is not mandatory for the smallholders yet. But Joko Prasetyo of Sawahlunto, West Sumatera Province thought, ISPO is a must-standard for the smallholders to get. “It is not mandatory yet but in the future every smallholder should fulfill the standards,” he recently said to Palmoilmagazine.
Palmoilmagazine, BADUNG – When some suggested that the government should stop domestic market obligation (DMO) for palm oil, the government through Ministry of Trade responded it.
