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Trimble Supports Technology adoption in Oil Palm Plantations

20

Jun

Trimble Supports Technology adoption in Oil Palm Plantations

This software technology builds a foundation of geospatial information for the precise location and many other agronomy requirements of an oil palm [...]

Trimble Supports Technology adoption in Oil Palm Plantations. This software technology builds a foundation of geospatial information for the precise location and many other agronomy requirements of an oil palm plantation, whether a smallholder, a group scheme or sometimes a large sub-block area of a large oil palm plantation company. Within agronomy, Trimble technology applications include yield prediction and mapping, fertiliser management and planning and a host of other agronomy tasks based around sustainability.
Currently, many oil palm plantations can only map at a block level resolution, which limits the ability to understand the smaller, more localised issues occurring within a block, whether this is an individual or group of oil palms not performing, or a larger sub-block area of a plantation company.
The immediate benefit to plantation managers is identifying the problem, exactly where it is occurring and often what can be done specifically to remedy the situation, all before stepping into the field or mobilising a field team. Deployed across an estate, the software also provides immediate updates for often out-of-date palm tree censuses and creates a new layer of GIS data, providing a unique ID and coordinates for every oil palm in the field.
Trimble software allows previously captured geospatial information to be overlaid and analysed with current data, to ascertain whether change has occurred. When captured correctly, data for young oil palms only 1-2 metres tall can be continually monitored from first planting throughout the entire productive life of the oil palm.
Plantation management is a long-term pursuit; this approach to individual palm management enables a level of precision and targeted problem solving never previously possible, let alone the ability to unlock potential yield improvements.
Deep learning or AI (artificial intelligence) is introduced with the latest version of eCognition Version 9.3, a Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) library, whereby image filters are applied to the imagery at different resolutions & the output from each of the convolved images is used as input to the next layer to identify features. With deep learning/AI, oil palm tree detection, especially young palms, is significantly improved.
In conjunction with the analytical power of Trimble’s eCognition software, Trimble Business Center photogrammetric processing software and the required positioning technology (most frequently a Continuously Operating Reference Station) are also available to provide a complete solution for plantation operators. This combination of hardware and software offers a complete workflow and supports the use of commercially available UAVs.
Whilst initially designed for large-scale oil palm plantations, the same tools from the Trimble portfolio can also address the productivity gap, improve stakeholder engagement and the economic wellbeing of the workforce. The performance of smallholder oil palm growers is highly variable and the reasons for this variation in productivity are multiple. However, identifying poorly performing areas or individual oil palms can help prioritise smallholder engagement by millers and plantation managers seeking local FFB.
With increasing scrutiny of land used for oil palm cultivation, plantation owners or supporting NGOs can demonstrate yield improvements and reduced production costs on existing oil palm areas rather than expanding onto new land.
Closing the oil palm industry’s upstream yield gap is the future. As such, spatially referenced information will play a major role in future cost savings and yield improvements.
Meanwhile, Trimble technology will provide a language, or common currency, for sustainability professionals, plantation companies, local communities and governments to communicate with. Oil palm solutions using Trimble technology can create the early and ongoing reporting advantage that plantation companies need to stay ahead of the curve in the years to come. (For further information please contact oilpalmsolutions@trimble.com  and geospatial-trimble.com/oil-palm-solution)
Source / Source: Info Sawit (infosawit.com)
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EU Palm Oil Buyers Urged to Care About Farmers

18

Jun

EU Palm Oil Buyers Urged to Care About Farmers

“Palm oil farmers' empowerment should be initiated," said Secretary General of the Oil Palm Farmers Association (SPKS), Mansuetus Darto, in [...]

EU Palm Oil Buyers Urged to Care About Farmers. “Palm oil farmers' empowerment should be initiated,` said Secretary General of the Oil Palm Farmers Association (SPKS), Mansuetus Darto, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in an official statement received by InfoSAWIT, Friday (6/14/2019).
Second, the platform of palm oil buyers/buyers that has so far committed to implementing sustainability, in fact, has not been felt by small legal farmers in Indonesia and has not touched on price improvements, so palm oil buyers must openly ask companies that are supplied by small farmers to buy directly from the farmers' oil palm FFB at a price in accordance with market principles and government.
Third, palm oil buyers/buyers should know that by selling FFB directly to the factory will be able to increase farmer income by 20-30% of the current FFB price.
Fourth, palm oil buyers/bayers ensure that farmers who protect HCS forests are equal to farmers who obtain RSPO certificates. Because in the field conditions, it is actually the farmers who protect HCS forests who are more sustainable. `Farmers like this have not obtained sustainable certificates because they consider the costs to be expensive. So, a model and other approach is needed which is equal to sustainable palm oil principles,` said Darto.
Then fifth, palm oil buyers/Buyers must openly request Indonesian palm oil companies for their needs from small farmers and appropriate prices as part of their market access principles. `The solution to traceability of direct sales to the factory will be able to increase farmer income by 20-30% of the current FFB price,` said Darto.
Source: Infosawit.com

Halal Bi-Halal with Inacom, DAPENBUN, Jastan, and PTPN 3 Holding Plantation

17

Jun

Halal Bi-Halal with Inacom, DAPENBUN, Jastan, and PTPN 3 Holding Plantation

The event was attended by the board members of each company, the President Director of the Plantation Holding, Dolly P. Pulungan President Director [...]

24

May

KPBN Adopts New Branding: "INACOM" Brand Ready to Enter the Global Market

The event was attended by the Deputy for Business Infrastructure, President Director and Board of Directors of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara, [...]

KPBN Adopts New Branding: "INACOM" Brand Ready to Enter the Global Market. The event was attended by the Deputy for Business Infrastructure, President Director and Board of Directors of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara, President Director and Board of Directors of PTPN I, II, IV-XIV, DAPENBUN, Business Partners and Several Media.
The excitement was felt with the welcoming ceremony from the Main Commissioner of PT KPBN, I Kadek Kertha Laksana, President Director of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara, Dolly P. Pulungan, and President Director of PT KPBN with the new Branding `INACOM`, namely Edward S. Ginting.
Then, these three high-ranking company officials pushed a button on the screen to officially launch INACOM to the world. As a response to the new target market (export) and the changing market trends, one of the transformation efforts of KPBN is to rebrand its name to become more marketable, which is INACOM.
Carrying the tagline Growing The World, PT KPBN through the INACOM brand strengthens its role as a pillar of major commodities in Indonesia (CPO, PKO, PKM, Rubber, Sugar, Tea, Molasses) to be processed and distributed all over the world (Hence the reference to the word ‘World’).
As a trusted partner, INACOM’s main goal is to grow a sustainable world, from the perspective of the importance of human and world growth.
At noon on the same occasion, a signing of the Cooperation Agreement was conducted with the Indonesian Export Financing Institution (LPEI)/Indonesia Eximbank and PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat & Banten Tbk (Bank BJB) to provide the Working Capital Credit facility with a total value of Rp400,000,000,000,- (Four Hundred Billion Rupiah).
The Cooperation Agreement document was signed by President Director of PT KPBN, Edward S. Ginting, Head of Assignment and Business Development Division of LPEI, Ridha Farid Lesmana, SEVP Commercial and UMKM Bank BJB, Beny Riswandi, and witnessed by the Board of Directors of KPBN, PTPN III Holding, relevant personnel, and President Director of LPEI, Dikdik Yustandi.
This signing demonstrates the commitment of LPEI and Bank BJB to support the growth of KPBN business through market expansion both domestically and for export, particularly non-traditional export markets, such as the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa. The two events were closed with a Joint Buffet Dinner, Entertainment, and Friendly Gathering.

24

May

Launching Rebranding of the KPBN

Starting in 1968, KPBN was initially formed as the Joint Marketing Office (KPB) in Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya, which was mandated as a sales and [...]

Launching Rebranding of the KPBN. Starting in 1968, KPBN was initially formed as the Joint Marketing Office (KPB) in Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya, which was mandated as a sales and marketing agent for state-owned plantation commodities. Along with growth, in 2009, KPBN became a Limited Liability Company, namely PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara, which is a subsidiary of PT. Perkebunan Nusantara I-XIV and PT. Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI). However, the core business and activities are still as a sales agent for state-owned commodities. In early 2018, the growing organization and developing market required improvements from an internal perspective and a new approach to trying to increase the market share of commodities. One of the efforts for internal improvement was improving People, Systems, and Capital. Meanwhile, to increase the market share of commodities, KPBN developed its business line, not only as a tender-based commodity sales agent, but also with logistics, FMCG, certification, and commodity trading efforts through other sources (besides PTPN ) for market development. Of the total CPO production in Indonesia, which is available as much as 46 million tons, there are around 16 million CPOs that are opportunities for the export market. With the great opportunity to expand the reach of the market, especially the export market, KPBN intends to transform itself in order to strengthen relevance and appeal. This transformation is necessary because of the expansion of business lines and also the expansion of the target market reach, which was initially domestic, now, KPBN must compete in the international arena with agricultural commodity players outside Indonesia. Looking at the new target market (export) and to pursue the market dynamics, one of KPBN's transformation efforts is to rebrand its name to make it more marketable, namely INACOM. Inacom means Indonesian Commodity, which will sell 7 commodities in the form of CPO, PKO, PKM, Rubber, Sugar, Tea, and Molasses. Dolly P. Pulungan as the Main Director of Holding Perkebunan fully supports this transformation step. “We from Holding really appreciate KPBN's hard work so far, especially last year, which was able to record significant revenue compared to previous years. This cannot be separated from the business line that continues to grow rapidly, some of which are through commodity trading activities through new sourcing outside of PTPN goods. In order to accelerate KPBN's performance, we fully support the transformation through KPBN rebranding to expand the target market reach and be ready to compete not only in the national arena but also in the global arena,` said Dolly. In the end, the stage of rebranding KPBN to Inacom aims to be better known as the largest commodity producer in Indonesia, not only in the national arena but also in the global arena. A Glance at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (PT. KPBN) PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (PT.KPBN) began its journey in 1968 as an institution called the Joint Marketing Office of PT Perkebunan I-XXIX or KPB-I-XXIX, which was engaged in marketing services for plantation products owned by the State. PT KPBN is a joint stock company and is a subsidiary of PT. Perkebunan Nusantara I to XIV. PT.KPBN was established in Jakarta based on Notary Deed N.M Dipo Nusantara Pua Upa, S.H No. 4 dated November 16, 2009. Over time, our company continues to be committed to improving the competence of mastering the modern trading system and developing solutions with the aim of providing the best for customers, while looking for potential new businesses to maintain business continuity. (budi n/69)
Source: suaramerdeka.news

Inacom Targets 25% Market Share in Plantation Commodities

24

May

Inacom Targets 25% Market Share in Plantation Commodities

Plantation Holding Operation of Perkebunan Nusantara is spread across Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, and Papua. "To achieve the target of [...]

Inacom Targets 25% Market Share in Plantation Commodities. Plantation Holding Operation of Perkebunan Nusantara is spread across Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, and Papua. `To achieve the target of increasing the market share, we prepare some steps. One of them is by releasing a logo, tagline, and the new corporate identity (corporate rebranding),` said the Director of KPBN Edward S Ginting after the Launching event of Corporate Rebranding KPBN to be Inacom in Jakarta, on Thursday (5/23). He said that the step was to support the effort to improve the performance of the company as the plantation products' marketing services provider and the related ones, to become more productive and competitive. With the rebranding, Edward said that KPBN is aimed to be able to strengthen its position in the export market. `Observing the new target of export market and to pursue the dynamics of the market, one of KPBN's transformation efforts is to rebrand its name to make it more saleable, which is Inacom, which means Indonesia Commodity. Inacom will sell 7 commodities, which are CPO, PKO, PKM, rubber, sugar, tea, and molasses. The name of PT remains as KPBN, we only rebrand it to Inacom,` he said. Before the launching event, the signing ceremony of cooperation agreement was done by the Director of KPBN Edward S Ginting, the Head of Duty and Business Development Division of LPEI Ridha Farid Lesmana, and the SEVP of Commercial & UMKM from Bank BJB Beny Riswandi. The signing was witnessed by the directors of KPBN, PTPN III Holding, and the Executive Director of LPEI Dikdik Yustandi. `We have just done the signing ceremony for the Cooperation Agreement with the Indonesian Export Financing Institution (LPEI/ Indonesia Eximbank) and PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk (Bank BJB), for the giving of working capital credit facility with the total value of Rp400 billion. KPBN acquires working capital export credit (KMKE) and Trade Finance facility from LPEI, and working capital financing facility from Bank BJB,` Edward said. Improve Export Edward said that the financing facility disbursed by LPEI and Bank BJB has a term of up to 12 months from now. The working capital is allocated for the development of the trading sector of the commodity business and the development of one of the superior brands of the PTPN Group, which is Walini. Besides that, it is done to support the KPBN's business growth through market expansion both for domestic and export market. `Especially to the non-traditional export market such as the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Africa,` Edward said. Now, he said, the KPBN's business line consists of commodity sales through e-tender, auction, bid-offer, long-term contract (LTC), commodity trading, logistics, and retail products. He said that KPBN has given a significant contribution in conducting national plantation commodity trading activities, with a contribution for palm oil of 10%, rubber of 8%, and tea up to 60%. Source: Investor Daily / investor.id

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