PALMOILMAGAZINE, SOLO – The Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) held a micro, small, and medium business (MSMB) workshop with the theme of “oleofood” derived from palm oil on June 13, 2024, in Solo, Central Java Province. Oleofood refers to culinary products made from palm oil as the base material.
In addition to providing explanations and materials about palm oil-based culinary products, the workshop included demonstrations of various types of oleofood for the participants, aiming to promote the benefits of palm oil.
Kabul Wijayanto, the Director of Plan and Fund Management and acting Director of Partnership at PFMA, stated that the workshop was part of PFMA’s efforts to promote palm oil plantations, as mandated by President’s Regulation Number 61/2015 in conjunction with President’s Regulation Number 66/2018. The goal is to emphasize the strategic value of palm oil plantations, particularly in enhancing downstream palm oil products.
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“The workshop is part of PFMA to deliver message in exit strategy, which is, to support economic recovery and acceleration by promoting palm oil products and research results (for the people) to be used and develop palm oil industries, to support export volume in Indonesia,” Kabul said, as in the official statement to Palmoilmagazine.com, Saturday (15/6/2024).
PFMA has the vision to implement the government’s policy to develop sustainable palm oil by collecting, developing, and distributing fund from palm oil which is integrated and right on target professionally and accountably. The main goal of the mission is about to cover human resource development, research and development, promotion, replanting, infrastructure development, food needs fulfillment, getting downstream industries, provide and take advantage on vegetable fuel.
The performance of PFMA is based on the capability to gather, manage, and distribute fund to positively deliver advantages to escalate palm oil sectors in Indonesia. In the organization, PFMA has directorate that functions to implement partnership, such as, with MSMB.
The MSMB workshop ceremony was attended by some figures, such as, Head of Region of General Directorate of Treasury Central Java, Muhdi; Director of Plan and Fund Management/Director in duty of PFMA, Kabul Wijayanto; Head of MSMB Division PFMA, Helmi Muhansyah; Head of Human Resource and General PFMA, Adi Sucipto; many MSMB in Solo, and representatives of universities and students. (T2)
