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Smallholders Established Forum Petani Sawit Mandiri in Central Kalimantan



Smallholders Established Forum Petani Sawit Mandiri in Central Kalimantan

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKA RAYA – In a Sarasehan Sawit Rakyat and the declaration of Forum Petani Mandiri Kalteng which were initited by Central Kalimantan Plantation Agency, Assistant of Economy and Development Regional Secretariat of Central Kalimantan Province, Leonard S. Ampung told, in this situation when the inflation nearly reaches 7% and Central Kalimantan is in the third rank in Indonesia, it means, the people’s buying capability is not good enough. It is multiplied by the expensive fuel and fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price gets more expensive still.

But he continued, on one hand, the production costs also get more expensive. Will the fertilizers and transportation costs be more expensive because of the expensive fuel? “This discussion should get deliver the same perception and notice for the people around palm oil plantations by hoping that the (central) government could welfare the people around the plantations to escalate their dignity,” he said, as quoted from MMCKalteng.

In the meantime, Head of Plantation Agency in duty Central Kalimantan Province, Rizky R. Badjuri in his report told, the smallholders who have been put in data and access cover about 20 thousand. This forum should bridge what the smallholders and big private companies want in the province.

“For all these years, we visited the big companies. In the future, we should not visit or came by to the big companies, but please, you (big companies) should come to the forum. Hopefully, Forum Petani Sawit Mandiri could be the solution in this province by hoping that the inflation would be decreasing,” Rizky said. (T2)


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