
InfoSAWIT, PASER – Plantation Agency East Kalimantan Province did socialization about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) for smallholders that were coordinated by Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) Sumber Bahagia and KUD Sumber Rejeki. It was running in the Village Hall of Krayan Bahagia, Sub district of Long Ikis, Thursday (16/5/2024).
The socialization was inaugurated by the Head of Plantation Agency East Kalimantan Province represented by Head of Sustainable Plantation Asmirilda. It was about to escalate the understanding and implementation of ISPO standards, take the smallholders to actively participate in ISPO that East Kalimantan Plantation Agency initiated.
The involvement of Koperasi Produsen Bumi Subur and Solidaridad was the strategy of the agency to socialize ISPO for the planters to accelerate ISPO certification for the planters as regulated in President’s Regulation Number 44 / 2020 about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification System and Regulation of Minister of Agriculture Number 38 / 2020 about the Implementation of ISPO. The two unions would be the targets of six unions to get special development from the agency to implement and get ISPO certificate.
“By this development, the smallholders are hoped to escalate their production quality and welfare,” Asmirilda said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from the official page of East Kalimantan Province, Saturday (18/5/2024).
It is also hoped that the smallholders in Regency of Paser would understand more that ISPO would be very important and they would cultivate theirs sustainably and responsibly.
The socialization was attended by Head of Plantation and Livestock Agency Regency of Paser, Head of Village and Secretary of Kravan Bahagia Village, the representatives from Solidaridad, chairman of Asosiasi Petani Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (Apkasindo) Regency of Paser, and 50 chairmen and members of the unions.
Key note speakers in the socialization were the Head of Plantation and Livestock Agency Regency of Paser, head of Sustainable Plantation East Kalimantan Province, Manage of ICS Koperasi Produsen Bumi Subur, and expert trainer from Solidaridad. They discussed the materials about ISPO prinicples and the best practices in environmental palm oil plantations.
Besides the socialization, 10 packages of self – protection tools were delivered for each union to confirm their safety and healthy when cultivating their plantations. (T2)