PALMOILMAGAZINE, MIMIKA – The Plantation, Horticulture, and Food Plant Agency of Mimika Regency in Central Papua Province is currently developing 7,000 hectares of palm oil plantations in Kiyura Village, Mimika Barat District. The initiative aims to boost local crude palm oil (CPO) production to support the regional economy.
Alice Wanma, Head of the Plantation, Horticulture, and Food Plant Agency of Mimika, stated by phone on Monday (19/8) that the development will include a CPO mill expected to become operational by June or July 2025.
“The palm oil plantations will cover over 7,000 hectares in Kiyura Village, along with the CPO mill,” Alice said, as quoted by Palmoilmagazine.com from Antara on Tuesday (20/8/2024).
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She thought, palm oil would massively deliver advantages (for the people), such as, as the basic material to produce palm cooking oil, cosmetics, pharmacy, chemicals, textile, papers, and bioenergy. “Besides palm oil plantations, we would have CPO mill that would enable us to independently process it in Mimika,” she said.
Alice explained that CPO could be taken for advantages as the material for vegetable fuel that would potentially generate power plants, deliver renewable solution for the regency.
The development would deliver economic advantages positively for the local in Village of Kiyura. “We hope palm oil plantations would operate well and deliver economic impacts for the local people,” Alice said.
She emphasized, palm oil plantations would be cultivated and prioritized by Papua Real People by hoping to deliver economic impacts for the local directly. (P2)
