PALMOILMAGAZINE, PALANGKA RAYA – The Central Kalimantan Plantation Agency played a significant role in enlivening the 2024 Central Kalimantan Expo (Kalteng Expo 2024), which will take place at Temanggung Tilung Palangka Raya from May 11 to 15, 2024.
The Kalteng Expo is an annual event celebrating the 57th anniversary of Central Kalimantan’s establishment. It also supports the national programs Bangga Buatan Indonesia (BBI) and Bangga Berwisata di Indonesia (BBWI).
As an institution that actively promotes economic progress in the plantation sector, the Central Kalimantan Plantation Agency will showcase superior products such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee, and coconut. The Head of the Central Kalimantan Plantation Agency, Rizky R. Badjuri, stated that the exhibition aims to improve the welfare of farmers and smallholders while encouraging the development of plantation cultivation in the province.
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“We keep delivering attention, roles to the farmers and smallholders’ institutions, encouraging and motivating them to develop their businesses,” Rizky said, as Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from the official page of Central Kalimantan Province, Monday (13/5/2024).
He also explained that one mainstay product displayed is cocoa. Rizky said, cocoa would significantly contribute to develop plantation sectors in a relatively short time in the province. This is equal with other superior commodities, such as, palm oil, coconut, and coffee. The positive trend in cocoa development would be known in Regency of Barito Utara, Barito Selatan, Barito Timur, and Murung Raya.
In this context, Kalteng Expo 2024 should play its roles as the educational exhibition for others to minimize unemployment level by escalating work potential and entrepreneurship, particularly in plantation sectors.
By delivering educative and promotion activities in Kalteng Expo 2024, there would be new chances for work seekers in the province to get involved in plantation sectors which eventually to be positive for the economic and welfare progress for the local. (T2)
