Kotabaru, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Kotabaru Legislative Council (DPRD) Speaker Suwanti supported smallholder oil palm plantation to be managed through the Village Unit Cooperative (KUD).
The DPRD speaker was speaking while attending the inauguration of KUD Bersama Sejakah Makmur in Sejakah Village, Pulau Laut Timur Sub-district.
"We appreciate the establishment of the KUD and the inauguration of its office that showing the progress of the cooperative," she said in Kotabaru, Friday.
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Suwanti said that the KUD by managing plasma program can unite and facilitate smalholderl farmers in one plasma plantation, which aim to increase income and welfare of the community around the core company.
Through collective land management, wage payments, profit sharing, and support for better farming practices.
She said the new office symbolized the cooperative's progress and commitment to fulfiling its members' mandate.
Suwanti hopes that the plasma management by both PT BSS and KUD Bersama Sejakah Makmur will continue to grow and provide greater benefits for its members and the surrounding community.
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