PRESIDENT Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has once again suggested universities to open faculty on palm oil and coffee as the two commodities have a big potency. "Our country has big potency such as palm oil, but there\'s no palm oil faculty in universities.

Indonesia filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union\'s policy on Renewable Energy Directives/RED II.

The Government has decided to reduce the number of fuel terminals to blend biodiesel 20% (B20) from 112 to 25 locations.

Indonesian has once again demanded the European Union (EU) to prohibit the labeling of ""palm oil free\` on any packaging of various food products circulating in the EU region.

PRESIDENT Director of the Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) Dono Boestami has once again said to international community that Indonesian palm oil industry is a key feature of the country\'s economy given the fact that it supports the livelihood of 20 percent of Indonesia population. He said, more than 20 million people make a living from palm oil sector in Indonesia.

Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) Togar Sitanggang said Indonesia needs to increase palm oil production in order to implement B100 mandatory program.

Aptly themed "A Renewed Commitment to Achieving Market Transformation", the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) concluded its 16th Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT16) and 15th Annual General Assembly (GA15) today, with a newly ratified and adopted certification standard aimed to universally strengthen social development, environmental protection, and economic prosperity across the sustainable palm oil value chain. Marking a pivotal time for RSPO and its more than 4,000 global members, the three-day RT16 conference was framed around the key elements of the recent RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) review: Halting deforestation, protecting peatlands, and strengthening human and labour rights.

The Policy Development and Assessment Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold the Regular Oil Palm Course 2018 from November 19-26 with participants from 11 countries to popularize the country\`s sustainable palm oil program.