PALMOILMAGAZINE, PEKANBARU – In 2023, PTPN IV PalmCo Regional 3 in Riau Province successfully implemented the Smallholders Replanting Program (SRP) covering approximately 1,135 hectares, involving 568 smallholders in Bumi Lancang Kuning. The SRP initiative aimed to address the challenges posed by aging trees.
Rurianto, the Regional Head of PTPN IV PalmCo Regional 3, shared that the company initially proposed SRP for about 1,283 hectares slated for revitalization. However, only 1,135 hectares met the necessary terms and conditions for SRP eligibility.
Expressing pride, Rurianto highlighted the increasing trust that smallholders place in PTPN IV PalmCo Regional 3. This positive trend is expected to contribute to the enhancement of people’s plantation productivity and economic well-being through the SRP initiative. Six groups participated in the program: KUD Subur Makmur, Karya Sawit, Budi Sawit, Suka Makmur Bersama, Gading Jaya Makmur, and Karya Maju, covering a total plantation area of approximately 1,135.6 hectares.
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As Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from Media Center Riau, Monday (5/2/2024), SEVP Operation PTPN IV PalmCo Regional 3, Arief Subhan Siregar told that the company revitalized 9.753 hectares of old plantations that smallholders cultivated in Riau until 2023. The smallholders there wanted to get SRP for the company offered single management in high standards until the nursery within cash for work system for the plasma ones.
The scheme guarantees income for smallholders in SRP, involves them in every phase, and delivers fixed income. Arief told that the company is committed to reinforce smallholders, escalate productivity, and support their economic progress, as same as the vision of PTPN IV PalmCo.
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The positive from SRP is known from their smallholders’ harvests. In 2012 to 2014 or when the trees were in V and VII years, they got productivity about 28,07 tons per hectare, surpassed the average in national scale that reached 26,95 tons per hectare. The smallholders that joined SRP in 2018 or in I year, the productivity reached 18,05 tons per hectare, or more than the average in national scale that reached 12 tons per hectare.
Arief targeted the people’s revitalization in Riau would lay on about 3.030 hectares in 2024. “With the support from the government, Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency, and the people’s trusts, the program would support SRP acceleration and would significantly contribute to develop palm oil plantation sectors in Riau,” he said. (T2)
