Date: 17 April, 09.00 AM CEST | 14 PM WIB Speaker: Rana Farrasati Topic: “Soil health and economic return of intercropping oil palm with cash crops” Language: English, with translation of slides in Bahasa Indonesia. Register via this link: bit.ly/41YiSo9
Topic: From Waste to Wealth: Sustainable and profitable utilisation of oil palm trunks Date: 21 April 2025 Location: IPB International Convention Center, Bogor – Indonesia
From February 12-14, 2025, the 7th edition of the International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment (ICOPE) took place in Bali, Indonesia. Organized by Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the conference gathered influential stakeholders from across the oil palm sector, including government representatives, NGOs,…
Introduction The SustainPalm consortium, a Dutch-Indonesian collaboration of Wageningen University & Research, IPB (Institut Pertanian Bogor), ULM (Universitas Lambung Mangkurat), and Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein, is committed to implementing effective strategies that promote practices that preserve forests, biodiversity and reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions in palm oil cultivation. The focus is on increasing yields, intercropping, integration…
Date: 12 December, 09.00 AM CET | 15 PM WIB Speaker: Dr Wahyu Darsono, Topic: “Oil Palm – Livestock integration in South Kalimantan” Language: English, with translation of slides in Bahasa Indonesia. Register via this link: https://forms.gle/T9KrCcRid7GArtM26
Do you know that oil palm trunks can be transformed into sturdy building materials and stunning furniture? Once considered waste, these trunks hold incredible potential to be repurposed into high-quality, eco-friendly products. With the growing demand for sustainable alternatives, oil palm trunks offer a renewable resource that not only helps reduce deforestation but also supports…
The SustainPalm program organized a panel on ‘Evaluating sustainable transformation in the oil palm sector to decrease environmental impact and increase social wellbeing in an economically viable way’. Jusrian Saubara Orpa Yanda from PT Arconesia presented opportunities and challenges for upscaling intercropping in oil palm fields. Wolter Elbersen (Wageningen Food & Biobased research) discussed options…
Maja Slingerland (WU) presented as invited speaker on behalf of the living lab team of SUSTAINPALM in PT BKB Siska in South Kalimantan. She presented on ‘Quality and Quantity of Plantation undergrowth in Integrated Cattle-Oil Palm Production Systems’. See presentation material here. In the same conference, Mr. Nahrowi (IPB) presented about The Effect of the Combination Boron…
We would like to invite you for the upcoming webinar in the two-monthly SUSTAINPALM webinar series on intercropping in oil palm fields. Date: 10 October, 09.00 AM CEST | 14 PM WIB Speaker: Dr Aritta Suwarno, Environmental Science, Wageningen University Topic: “Oil palm coffee intercropping: practices, challenges and opportunities” Language: English, with translation of slides…
This week a workshop on “Carbon and Biodiversity rich landscapes” took place in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was organised under the #SustainPalm Program by Lambung Mangkurat University in Banjarbaru. Staff and students from IPB University, Lambung Mangkurat University and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences are working together in developing plans and actions to phase out oil palm from deep peat areas in…