PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – From 2017 to 2023, the Indonesian Government implemented an ambitious program known as the Smallholders Replanting Program (SRP). This initiative involved allocating approximately 306,486 hectares for 134,770 smallholders, with a fund distribution of around Rp 8.5 trillion.
The SRP plays a crucial role in the national development of palm oil plantations, supported by funding from the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA).
One noteworthy action taken by the government was the substantial assistance provided to planters. In 2023, the government earmarked Rp 22 billion to supply superior seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural machines. These efforts aimed to boost plantation productivity and quality, ensuring sustainability in the palm oil sector.
Dida Gardera, Deputy Coordinator Minister in Food and Agribusiness at the Coordinator Ministry of Economy, emphasized the government’s serious commitment to developing human resources in the palm oil sector. In 2023, a fund of Rp 127 billion was allocated for training and development, benefiting 7,000 individuals.
“This is hoped to escalate their knowledge and skill in palm oil sector. They would adopt the best agricultural practices, and would face the developing challenges globally,” he said as speaker in Pertemuan Nasional Petani Kelapa Sawit that Palmoilmagazine.com attended by the late of 2023 in Jakarta.
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Dida also told SRP, agricultural helps, human resource development would be the commitments of the government to make palm oil go forward sustainably. Besides delivering economic advantages for planters, the initiative supported the government to realize sustainable development, escalating smallholders, income, natural resource cultivation sustainably, and escalate people’s welfare.
But it needs to always monitor and evaluate to confirm the programs to effectively run and deliver positive impacts for the people. By the progressive things, it is hoped the smallholders’ plantations in Indonesia would keep developing and positively contributing for the economy and environment. (T2)
