Vice President Encourages Acceleration Of Palm Oil Factory Construction In Manokwari
SORONG - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said that the construction of an oil palm factory in Manokwari, West Papua, needs to be accelerated due to the emergency situation after the fire of the old palm oil factory. "So that it can be accelerated, because (the previous palm oil factory) Medco caught fire, so they (farms) have no alternative (to sell). To speed it up, the situation is emergency," said the Vice President while reviewing the People's Palm Oil Rejuvenation (PSR) program in Wasegi Indah Village, Prafi District, Manokwari Regency, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, July 15.
The vice president said the PSR program in Manokwari is a national strategic program as an effort by the government to increase the productivity of national oil palm plantations.
The Vice President said that the oil palm rejuvenation program was carried out in order to make oil palm plantations that were no longer productive, productive again.
"The 9,000 hectares of Palm Oil in this area has started to be unproductive, because it is old, then with oil palm rejuvenation and 2,021 hectares, this is a change, so that it can be productive again and the results will be big again," said the Vice President.
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The vice president also witnessed the declaration and submission of Technical Recommendations (Rekomtek) for the People's Palm Oil Factory from the Director of Palm Oil Crops and Aneka Palma Ministry of Agriculture Ardi Praptono to the Head of the Cooperative of Sawit Producer Arfak Sejahtera Dorteus Paiki.
Not only that, but the Vice President also planted palm oil seeds as a form of supporting the People's Palm Oil Rejuvenation program.
Then, on the same occasion, the Vice President also handed over assistance from the Social Bank Indonesia Program in the form of cattle communal home facilities and infrastructure on replanting Sawit land to the Manokwari Rejeki Farmers Group.
Replicationpractices method support covers on shallot agricultural land to the Sinar Tani Manokwari Farmers Group; as well as assistance for supporting facilities and infrastructure for worship to Al Muttaqin Mosque and An Nur Manokwari Mosque.