InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Superior palm oil seeds significantly got increased in Indonesia. It happened for the increasing demands, namely from the independent smallholders that would conduct/implement smallholders replanting program, and also the increasing production costs.
Chairman of Himpunan Produsen Benih Perkebunan dan Kehutanan Indonesia, Masrizal Batubara said that superior palm oil seed is about Rp 50.000 to Rp 55.000 per tree. In some regions, such as, Regency of Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province, it could be at Rp 60.000 per tree, namely the mainstay varieties, such as, D x P Dami Mas or others that could stand Ganoderma disease.
“Superior palm oil seeds significantly got increased but some breeders reported that theirs has been ordered before being distributed,” Batubara said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Friday (11/10/2024).
Chandra Rika Herlin, a palm oil seed breeder in Muara Enim, South Sumatera Province confirmed that. He thought, palm oil seeds in the region could be at Rp 50.000 per tree. In Lampung, DxP Sriwijaya was sold at Rp 55.000 per tree, as Director of CV Hikmat Tani, Agus, said.
The same thing happened in Riau. Sri Kembaren, a marketer of CV Putra Agung, said that DxP Topaz was sold at Rp 50.000 per tree while the variety from Pusat Penelitian Kelapa Sawit (PPKS) Medan was sold at Rp 47.000 per tree.
In Bengkulu. Sabam Sihite, a palm oil seed breeder as the partner of PT Sampoerna Agro, reported that DxP Sriwijaya in the region was sold at Rp 47.000 per tree, the semi-colon variety was sold at Rp 50.000 per tree. Sihite said that most of the seeds have been ordered by some palm oil plantation companies.
Jon Juli Candra, the owner of CV Sidonata Jaya Mandiri in the Regency of Lamandau, Central Kalimantan Province said that DxP Sriwijaya and DxP Simalungun in the regency were sold at Rp 55.000 per tree. In South Kalimantan, Riyan, the owner of breeding location in Martapura, said that DxP Sriwijaya was sold at Rp 50.000 per tree.
Maya Rangkuti, the owner of CV Dharma Nusantara suggested to adjust palm oil seed price in the smallholders replanting program that Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency funded. She thought, the price difference between governments' program and the market could make the breeders reluctant to provide palm oil seeds in the replanting program. Besides, the slow progress in replanting program could make the breeders uncertain and the seeds prepared would always be out of the worthy planted.
“We have smallholders’ groups in North Sumatera that waited for about two years to get technical recommendation. The seeds that we prepared in replanting program, are over the age and they cannot be distributed anymore,” Maya said. (T2)