02 Dec 2015
"Indonesia should take charge. In the past, the price has been determined by others. as the worlds largest palm oil supplier and producer ,we should control the CPO price," said Minister Amran in the launching of Agriculture Science and Technology Park, in Agriculture Research and Development Agency, Cimanggu, Bogor City, West Java, Tuesday.
Amran said, Indonesia’s stance to take over the determination of world CPO price will be conveyed directly in the international meeting Conference Of Parties (COP21) held in Paris, France, December 1-10, 2015.
"The COP21 meeting in Paris will discuss it. We have a strategy to become the one in charge. Joining hand with Malaysia to set the CPO standard, it will become the world’s standard," he said.
He said that the palm oil industry is a strategic commodity that contributes greatly to the country’s foreign exchange. In 2014, palm oil contributed Rp250 trillion to the foreign exchange.
"We have to fight to get this, take control over the world’s CPO price, so that we gain more profit," he said.
He said, palm oil plays an important role to the prosperity of farmers as many as 20 million people manage 4 million hectares of land. The support towards palm oil does not mean that the ministry does not care about the environment. However, the human prosperity should be the point of view taken, not only environment.
Indonesia and Malaysia, he added, must also join hand to meet the need of the global market and also fight for the control of the price.
"The palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia must cooperate, especially after establishing Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), to increase the prosperity of palm oil farmers," he said.
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