
InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To prevent mal-administration in public service namely about palm oil industrial commerce, Ombudsman Indonesian Republic (IR) did entry meeting and data/information demands with Ministry of Agriculture IR, particularly through General Directorate of Plantation, Wednesday (17/07/2024). It was running at the office of Ministry of Agriculture as part of systemic study of Ombudsman.
The member of Ombudsman IR, Yeka Hendra Fatika said that the systemic study would cover some significant aspect that would be potentially getting mal-administration, such as, area, permit, product commerce in palm oil sectors. “The systemic study would cover some mal-administration potential in area, permit, product commerce in palm oil sector that might need improvement,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Sunday (21/7/2024).
In area aspect, Ombudsman IR emphasized that it would be significant to get certainty of inventory and solution of palm oil overlapping areas in the forest regions. In permit aspect, the institution encouraged to get certainty of service and cultivation document publication as one condition to get Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificate. In commerce aspect, Ombudsman IR said that it would need to improve fresh fruit bunch (FFB) and other palm oil products management, and should improve policy about biodiesel and palm oil mill effluent (POME).
“Until now the systemic study about preventing mal-administration in palm oil industries has been in analysis phase. We would ask for information and data and would continue by taking field data and other confirmation,” Yeka said.
He hoped it would be accomplished before the end of this year. Data gathered from Riau, Central Kalimantan and West Sulawesi would be discussed in focus group discussion and would be directly seen to the plantations and the mills.
To respond it, General Director of Plantation, Andi Nur Alam Syah would be ready to get coordination with the systemic study. “We would encourage to accomplish every file of spatial map and smallholders replanting program would be conducted through barcode to ease every smallholder,” he said.
Andi also mentioned digital system to publish cultivation document would escalate efficiency and plantation productivity. “Cultivation document would be got through digital system in smallholders’ level so that palm oil commerce would not be in management level only but also would get higher productivity,” he said. (T2)