PALMOILMAGAZINE, MARABAHAN – On Thursday, September 21, 2023, South Kalimantan Province and the Livestock and Plantation Agency of Barito Kuala District convened a meeting to promote the awareness of cultivation documents (STDB) among smallholders. This gathering underscored the government’s commitment to enhancing the well-being of smallholders in the region.
The meeting was graced by the presence of key officials, including the Head of the Plantation Livestock and Plantation Agency of South Kalimantan Province, the Head of the National Land Agency of Barito Kuala District, representatives from the Indonesian Palm Oil Association of South Kalimantan Province, and representatives from the Public Works and People’s Housing Department of Barito Kuala District.
District of Barito Kuala, in 2023 is lucky enough for getting 300 smallholders to have cultivation document program. The fund would derive from National Budget that General Directorate of Plantation Ministry of Agriculture manages. This reflects the strong and good synergy between the central and regional government to welfare smallholders.
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As Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from the official page of South Kalimantan Province, the main goals of the meeting were to get statistic data, to identify what smallholders are facing, to formulate better policies in palm oil plantation regulation, qualify ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) certificate, and qualify the terms and conditions to get smallholders replanting program.
The important note is that major/regent is in charge to publish cultivation document. Cultivation document is not permit handed over to smallholders that cultivate less than 25 hectares but the more important thing is that its publication would be free of charge for smallholders. (T2)
