PALMOILMAGAZINE, PONTIANAK – In 2023, the Smallholders Replanting Program (SRP) in West Kalimantan Province achieved success, covering approximately 18,573 hectares and involving 8,042 smallholders.
Erita Fitriani, the Head of Infrastructure and Plantation Protection at the Plantation and Livestock Agency in West Kalimantan Province, highlighted that SRP was implemented across various districts including Ketapang, Sambas, Bengkayang, Landak, Sanggau, Sekadau, Melawi, and Kubu Raya. Eight out of 14 districts and cities in the province actively participated in the program.
Despite its success, SRP encountered challenges such as the high cost of palm oil, difficulties in managing land documents from banks, a shortage of teams to assist smallholders in the field, and issues related to plantation map and data synchronization.
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Erita Fitriani also mentioned what the agency did to accelerate the end-year meeting between SRP team and smallholders. This was about to develop the candidates of union or institutions that were proposed in the recommendation phase.
“We got more intensive communication with related instances to get SRP process in West Kalimantan Province,” she said, as quoted from Antara, Tuesday (9/1/2023).
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Prior, Head of Plantation and Livestock Agency, West Kalimantan Province, Heronimus Hero emphasized that SRP would be the best way to escalate plantation productivity. He thought, SRP would deliver chances for planters by substituting the old trees by more qualified seeds.
He also told the smallholders’ low plantation productivity happened not for the old trees only but also the mistake when selecting and planting seeds. Hero said, SRP would be the effective way to escalate theirs in West Kalimantan Province. (T2)
