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Indonesia aims to double palm oil productivity to 4 tonnes per hectare
Indonesia’s government wants to raise palm oil productivity from about 2 to 4 tonnes per hectare.
Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said the country has about 17 million hectares of palm oil plantations.
The plan focuses on improving output from existing plantations rather than expanding their area.
Higher productivity is intended to help supply raw materials for energy production.
Sugarcane is also being considered for ethanol, but expanding it would require more plantation land and technical discussions across ministries.
The government is assessing degraded land for possible development, while President Prabowo Subianto has directed that natural forests not be converted.
Officials are mapping and verifying land before choosing locations.
Indonesia plans to raise palm oil productivity from about 2 tonnes to 4 tonnes per hectare.
The government says it will pursue the increase by intensifying production on existing plantations.
Indonesia has about 17 million hectares of palm oil plantations, according to Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.
The effort is intended to support the development of energy raw materials from plantation crops.
- Who
- The Indonesian government, with the plan described by Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.
- What
- It aims to increase palm oil productivity from about 2 tonnes to 4 tonnes per hectare through intensification of existing land.
- When
- Hanif spoke on Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Where
- At the Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs in Jakarta.
- Why
- To support the development of energy raw materials from plantation crops.
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- Current productivity
- About 2 tonnes per hectare
- Target productivity
- 4 tonnes per hectare
- Plantation area
- About 17 million hectares
- Plan
- Intensify production on existing land
What people are saying
We have 17 million hectares of palm oil plantations, with productivity still at 2 tonnes per hectare, which can certainly reach 4 tonnes.