Palm oil producer PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. is forecasting a modest production growth of about five percent in 2021 as most of its crop were already mature, there was no acreage expansion plan, and mobility restriction under the current pandemic limited purchase of oil palm fruits from outside, its President Director, Santosa, said. Speaking…
Yudison smiled proudly. A 28-year-old youth is a local boy from Lung Melah Village, East Kutai, East Kalimantan, who has successfully pursued a career in a palm oil plantation company. At a relatively young age, this Kayan Dayak-blooded man has just received a letter of promotion at PT Karyanusa Ekadaya (KED), the company where he…
JAKARTA – PT Astra Agro Lestari produced 707,000 tn crude palm oil in Jan-Jun, 15.2% less than 834,000 tn in the same period last year, Santosa, president director of the company, told a press conference after the public expose organised by the Indonesia Stock Exchange today. The drop in CPO production was due mainly to…
Jakarta – Anticipatory steps are needed in preventing forest and land fires. To improve the effeciency on monitoring the situation in the surrounding plantation, Astra Agro utilized unmaned aerial vehicle (UAV) in facing the threat of the peak of the dry season this year. UAVs or drones (drones) equipped with these cameras will be flown…
Publicly listed palm oil company PT Astra Agro Lestari announced Wednesday that it would spend 45 percent of last year’s profit, around Rp 94.95 billion (US$6.76 million) in dividends, rewarding its shareholders despite declining productivity. The company, which is a subsidiary of diversified conglomerate PT Astra International, will pay a lower dividend per share of…
Bogor, West Java. Plantation company Astra Agro Lestari claims it has developed its own technology to boost the productivity of its oil palm plantations and counter the short supply of modern plantation tools and machineries in Indonesia. The company, a subsidiary of Astra International, has devised at least three applications and tools to manage thousands of its…
A major palm oil grower in Indonesia is breeding an army of predatory bugs to protect trees from pest infestations that could hurt output. PT Astra Agro Lestari, the country’s biggest listed plantation company, is growing several insects including Sycanus, a kind of assassin bug, to battle leaf-eating fire worms, according to Bandung Sahari, vice…
Senin, 01 Juli 2019 | The Jakarta Post THE JAKARTA POST/OSLO – The Norwegian government has told Indonesia that despite pressures from its parliament to adopt stricter measures against palm oil, the country will not ban crude palm oil and its derivatives, though it has demanded that Indonesia work toward sustainable production. Indonesian Ambassador to…
Monday, 18 March 2019 | thejakartapost.com Amid tough global market challenges, the country’s palm oil producers have to start expanding in the domestic market in order to boost absorption and stay afloat. Palm oil producer PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI), part of diversified conglomerate Astra International, is no exception. Astra Agro Lestari president director Santosa said…
jakartaglobe.id 2nd november 2018 Nusa Dua. The palm oil industry forms a vital part of the Indonesian economy and makes a significant contribution to gross domestic product, while the commodity itself is one of the country’s biggest sources of foreign exchange revenue. In view of the sector’s importance to the nation, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo…
Jakarta | Fri, March 9, 2018 | 12:59 pm Thejakartapost.com – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has sent a letter to the European Union President and the European Parliament to convey his “strong protest” over a recent decision that would restrict exports of Indonesia’s crude palm oil (CPO) to the union. In January, the European Parliament…
thestar.com.my | Friday, 2 March 2018 European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom is in Singapore this week for the annual EU-Asean Economic Ministers Dialogue. This year’s visit was shaping up to be a celebration. By many measures, the EU’s trade policy engagement in the region looks stronger than that of the United…
NUSA DUA – Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukito said that government gave their biggest support to the Palm Oil Industry. Even, in facing global vegetable oil competition. “If Europe disrupt palm oil, we can disrupt their milk powder,” He said at 13th International Palm Oil Conference and 2018 Price Outlook audience in Nusa Dua Bali,…
