FAO-IFAD Provides Support to Indonesia on Discrimination of Oil Palm Products
By : Hariyanto And Aldo Bella Putra | Thursday, May 17 2018 - 20:30 IWST

kelapa sawit
INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Indonesia receives support from two UN agencies, namely Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), related to the issue of discrimination of palm oil products.
Coordinating Minister for Home Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in a written statement in Jakarta on Friday said the support was obtained due to palm oil discrimination related to humanitarian problems, poverty, hunger, agriculture, and improved living standards.
"IFAD and FAO support is a lot, like IFAD will be a back to back conference in Bali, while they will also lobby, as well as FAO," said Luhut, who plans to hold a technical meeting in Bali next October together with the holding of IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings.
According to the former Coordinating Minister for Political, Political and Security Affairs, the support was given because all parties agreed with the principle of "Sustainable Development Goals" which target the only number is poverty alleviation.
"The issue of oil palm is a matter to be solved in an integrated way, because it involves the problem of poverty that is the link with the SDGs is the number one poverty," he said.
Luhut hopes the public will get a comparison of three major agricultural products that produce the oil in order to have a fair assessment of palm oil.
"So if it has to be completed, it's okay, 'palm oil' is competed with 'sunflower' or 'soybean' (soybean)," he said.
However, he ensures superior palm oil karen can produce 10 times more oil than sunflower and soybean seeds.
Unfortunately, fair comparisons never arise because of negative campaigns that stereotype that palm oil impacts on forest destruction, endangers human health, and disrupts protected animal habitats.
While the fact that the contribution of the palm oil industry that can create employment and alleviate poverty in developing countries is neglected.
Luhut added that if the unfair campaign is not addressed, the closest obstacle for Indonesia will happen in 2021, where the EU Parliament prohibits the import of palm for the use of "biofuels" and "bioliquids", including biodiesel.
"For Indonesia there are research results from Stanford it shows that the most reduce our gap from 0.41 to 0.39 it is the oil palm one of the largest. If it disturbed this will damage several million people related to the problem of poverty," he said. (ant)
Read Also
Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Preparing RSPO Virtual Tour for August 2021
Kao Corporation, Apical & Asian Agri Join Hands to Empower Smallholders…
Shared Responsibility Boosts Sustainable Palm Oil Absorption In Indonesia
RSPO Independent Smallholders Ride The Rough Patch of Covid-19
GAPKI: Thank you Indonesian Press
Today's Industry

Jumat, 13 Mei 2022 - 16:15 WIB
Robocash Group reached 2 BN USD of disbursement and issued audited financial report of 2021
Robocash Group publishes the audited combined financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. The Group reached an all-time high 2 BN USD of issued financing and is expected to increase…

Jumat, 13 Mei 2022 - 15:45 WIB
Demand Increases, CLEO Recorded IDR307.7 Billion Sales in Q1-2022
PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk (Tanobel Group), a public company and manufacturer of Bottled Drinking Water (AMDK) with the IDX ticker code: CLEO: IJ, recorded a 30% increase in sales reaching IDR307.7…

Jumat, 13 Mei 2022 - 15:15 WIB
Emerson’s New Emergency Shutdown Discrete Valve Controller Improves Safety, Uptime in Hazardous Applications
Emerson introduced the TopWorxTM DX PST with HART® 7. Units provide valuable valve data and diagnostic information, enabling the digital transformation of process applications.

Kamis, 12 Mei 2022 - 15:26 WIB
HOKI Launches Another New Product
PT Buyung Poetra Sembada Tbk (“HOKI”), a Public Company which produces quality rice under the “Topi Koki” and “HOKI” brands, continues to innovate by re- launching new products.…

Kamis, 12 Mei 2022 - 14:19 WIB
Rockwell Automation Releases New, Highly Customizable Industrial Monitors
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced the release of a new line of industrial monitors…
News Comment