PALMOILMAGAZINE, PEKANBARU – The replanting program (SRP) has been implemented on a 24,444-hectare palm oil plantation in Riau Province, yielding significant benefits for 13,665 families. This initiative has not only enhanced plantation productivity but has also had positive effects on the local economy.
Governor of Riau, Edy Natar Nasution, emphasized that the funding for the SRP comes from the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA). To date, Riau has received approximately Rp 1 trillion in support to facilitate the successful implementation of the program.
Nasution stated on Thursday, January 11, 2024, “The SRP in Riau will continue due to the pressing need for replanting in numerous palm oil plantations.” This information was reported by Palmoilmagazine.com, citing the Media Center Riau.
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Nasution also mentioned, in 2022 SRP faced issue because the terms and conditions required that SRP should be free from peat areas. Most of the plantations in the province were in peat and the central government should publish new regulation.
In 2023, the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture Number 19 was revised and this delivered chance to reconduct SRP in the province. “Until now SRP in Riau keeps running and would be delivering advantages for the people,” Nasution said.
He thought, SRP has the main goal to substitute unproductive palm oil trees, not to get or cultivate new plantations. The central government delivered budget Rp 30 million per hectare, escalated from Rp 25 million in the previous within four hectares maximally per smallholder. The fund derived from PFMA that it got the fund from palm oil export citation. (T2)
