The Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) with BNI, BRI, and a number of oil palm farmers association in Jambi signed an agreement of financing facilities for Oil Palm Reforestation Program (PSR) at Swiss-Belhotel, Jambi on Friday (13/7/2018). Agreement was signed with some village cooperative system (Koperasi Unit Desa/KUD) Sarana Makmur and KUD Tani Makmur from Merangin Regency, KUD Sawit Kita from Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency, and KUD Tandan Buah Segar from Muaro Jambi Regency. These four KUD manage following plantations: KUD Sarana Makmur covering 222 hectares, KUD Tani Makmur area of 190 hectares, KUD Sawit Kita area of 171,78 hectares, and KUD Tandan Buah Segar covering 167,60 hectares of hectares. As of today, Jambi Province is also processing replanting financing scheme for some Gapoktan (a local name for farmers group).

INDONESIAN palm oil industry sees opportunities to increase palm oil export as China and the US have embarked upon a trade war.

In collaboration with the Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS), researchers of Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute (IOPRI) are conducting research to manufacture plywood from oil palm trunks adopting the technology of Sandwich Laminated Lumber.

President Joko Widodo has requested to accelerate use of B30 biodiesel fuels in order to reduce global economic pressure. The Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto stated the statement after attending a meeting discussed issues concerning currency exchange and national economic updates chaired by President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Presidential Palace, (9/7/2018). "The President wants that the use of 20% Biodiesel (B20) can be consistently implemented entirely and also requests to accelarate the use of 30% Biodiesel," Airlangga said. Ministry of Energi and Mineral Resources said that The President wants to speed up implementation of 30% biodiesel mandatory program (B30) since B30 is initially projected to be introduced by 2020. "Based on the regulation, B30 will be introduced by 2020.

President Director of the Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) Dono Boestami delivered a presentation on a comprehensive explanation about Indonesian palm oil outlook at the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) held by Indonesian Oil Palm Association (Gapki) and Thomson Reuters in Jakarta, Wednesday (11/07/2018).

An invention of helmet made of oil palm waste is developed by a group of researchers from Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).

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One of main tasks of The Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund (BPDPKS) is to disburse oil palm replanting fund.

A number of smallholder oil palm farmers in Nagan Raya, Aceh were deeply disappointed over the price of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) that keep declining in Nagan Raya.

Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) sees the trade war between United States and China will not affect palm oil export volume, but will impact its price. "We have not seen a massive impact from this trade war on palm oil exports but could have an impact on palm oil prices.

The government is planning to carry out road tests on the use of fuel with 30-percent biodiesel (B30) in the near future.

SEVERAL members of the House of Representatives Commission IX visited oil palm plantation in Serdang Bedagai Regency of North Sumatera, Friday (6/7/2018).