PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – To promote sustainable palm oil practices in Indonesia, the RSPO actively engages with various stakeholders, including regional governments. For instance, collaborative initiatives with districts in Jambi Province have enhanced smallholder inclusivity through ISPO certification, benefitting over 1,100 smallholders.
Moreover, partnerships with the Ministry of Cooperation and Small and Medium Enterprises aim to strengthen and empower independent smallholder unions. RSPO advocates for such certifications due to their affordability for smallholders. For example, in the District of Aceh Tamiang, over 2,500 independent smallholders are part of a unified certification, enabling access to global supply chains and expanding market opportunities.
In the launching of Sustainable Palm Oil Development Roadmap 2023 – 2045, Aceh Province successfully took 2.500 independent smallholders from the province to get RSPO and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificate in 2023.
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In his speech, Governor in duty of Aceh, Achmad Marzuki which was read by Regional Secretary of Aceh Province, Bustami Hamzah told, Aceh Province formulated Sustainable Palm Oil Development Roadmap in 2023 – 2045. The vision would be sustainable palm oil is as the pillar of open economy to escalate the welfare of Aceh people.
“Sustainable palm oil demands in the globe would the opportunity for Aceh. It happens for it was the first province in Indonesia as the central palm oil production since 1911. It was in District of Aceh Tamiang within sustainable production model,” he said in the spare time of Roundtable Meeting RSPO (RT2023) by the late of November 2023 that Palmoilmagazine.com attended in Jakarta.
Including the same initiative that was led by GiZ in East Kalimantan Province that got same certification for more than 1.500 smallholders. (T2)
