Indonesian Palm Oil Council Propose 6 Proposals for the Progress of Palm Oil Industry

The meeting was attended by national palm oil players and veterans, among others Derom Bangun, Bayu Krisnamurthi, Sahat M.Sinaga, Darmono Taniwiryono, Hasril Siregar, Mustafa Daulay, Lakshmi K. Sidarta, Dharma Sebayang, Kacuk Sumarto, and other plantation associations, at the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Center building, Medan, on November 17, 2017.

Sahat Sinaga, Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Oil Palm Council, explained that this meeting was to address the current palm oil business situation. Including facing challenges from abroad in the form of increasingly intense “black-campaign”.

From domestic there are barrier issues, namely various groups in the country who still have negative views on palm oil, peat restoration, problems with plantation areas that have obtained HGU and are in forest areas. Sahat added that many palm oil farmers have not succeeded in obtaining land certificates and are also located in `forest` areas.

“The issue of the need for research in the palm oil sector was also discussed at the meeting,” said Sahat Sinaga to sawitindonesia.com.

The results of the meeting produced 6 ideas to advance the Indonesian palm oil industry, which are stated in the Medan Ma’imun Charter.

First, a scientific institution is needed that masters palm oil in order to coordinate palm oil issues. In this case, DMSI (Indonesian Palm Oil Council) must be able to handle it. Because not only palm oil will be handled, it is proposed that the name of DMSI be changed to DSI Indonesian Palm Oil Council with a more operational institution and organizational structure.