Cultivate Cocoa and Coconut, New Burden for Palm Plantation Fund Managers

July 29, 2024, 07.45 PM | Reporter: Lailatul Anisah

ILUSTRASI. Warga melakukan perawatan buah kakao jelang masa panen serentak di sentral perkebunan Kakao Nisam Antara, Aceh Utara, Aceh, Selasa (21/1/2020). Pemerintah melalui Pusat Pengembangan Kompetensi Industri Pengolahan Kakao Terpadu (PPKIPKT) terus berupaya melakukan pengembangan pertanian kakao untuk mendorong ekspor olahan makanan berbasis coklat Indonesia pada 2020, dengan harga biji kakao ditingkat petani berkisar antara Rp 22-26 ribu per kilogram dan harga minyak coklat mencapai 5.700 US Dolar per ton. ANTARA FOTO/Rahmad/pd.

FOOD COMMODITY - JAKARTA. The Indonesian government is making strategic changes to its policies regarding fund management in the plantation sector. In addition to crude palm oil, the government is aiming to maximize the management of funds for other plantation commodities, such as cocoa, coconut, and rubber.

The government intends to transform the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) into the Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP).

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