PTPN VI Targets Palm Oil Production To Reach 727,000 Tons

Illustration (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAMBI - PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VI continues to increase the production of its palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) for 2023, which is targeted to reach production of 727.000 tons.

"Our target is that this year FFB productivity must exceed last year's productivity by more than 22.40 tons per hectare," said Head of PTPN VI Plant Subdivision Fery Pratama, quoted from Antara, Sunday, April 30.

To achieve this target, PTPN VI will conduct inorganic and organic fertilization according to the recommendations of the hall, fertilizing SM-I, which does not carry over to SM-II.

It is targeted that before October 2023 the SM-II fertilization will be completed. In addition, all the tanks and solid decanters from the palm oil (PKS) are applied as organic fertilizer.

"We are also doing road infrastructure hardening and maintenance very optimally," he also said.

For other steps, PTPN VI will apply humic acid' and biological fertilizer to increase the capacity of cation exchange and enrichment of soil microorganisms, and no less important, PTPN will also meet the needs of harvest personnel according to formation standards and carry out rapid and clean harvests (digitalized by dfarm).

Plant maintenance and control of disease pests are under control the last step to increase production from 2022. A total of 12 PTPN business units or existing garden units are ready and working according to plan to achieve 727.000 tons more FFB from PTPN VI gardens.

Currently, there are 32,465 hectares of oil palm-producing plants spread to 12 business units.

"The target is achieved, we have set a target for the achievement of FFB for each unit, in order to achieve production and put it in any supersonic program that must be done to make production improvements".

Fery also revealed that in the first half of 2023, they have detailed every business unit for production to a total of 319 thousand tons of FFB, and the second half with a total of 408 thousand tons of FFB.

Especially in early 2023, or during January, the production of FFB from all business units spread across Jambi and West Sumatra reached 37 million tons per month.