JAKARTA, LENSAJABAR.CO.ID -The ongoing black campaign aimed to debilitate the palm oil industry, which one of them is the distribution of imported food products with Palm Oil Free label in a number of retail in Jakarta, provoke responses from the palm oil lovers and entrepreneurs.
“Some parties keep trying to make efforts to take down the Indonesian palm oil industry by calling it of having impact on the climate and global warming, whereas the global warming is caused by the increased intensity of the global gas emission of the greenhouse effect due to the excessive greenhouse gas emission,” said Erwin Masrul Harapan, the Coordinator of Palm Oil Lovers of North Sumatra University, as cited by paspimonitor website some time ago.
As is known, the number of the world’s palm oil consumption continues to increase every year compared to other sources of vegetable oils such as soybean, rapeseed, and sunflower. “The other countries spread the black campaign because they are not capable to compete with the world’s palm oil industry which is dominated by Indonesia,” said Erwin.
The Secretary of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI), Timbas Prasad, also said that the foreign countries have waged the black campaign in various ways. As in the beginning of January, there is palm oil free Italian snack distributed in Jakarta.
“Palm oil free label on the package is a form of black campaign,” he said.
Therefore, he asked the relevant agencies, especially the National Food and Drug Control Agency (BPOM), to revoke the license of the company and recall the products from the market.
Meanwhile, Tungkot Sipayung, the Director of Palm Oil Agribusiness Strategic Policy Institute, said that there is a myth that the global warming and the global climate change are caused by Indonesia, especially palm oil plantations. In fact, the global warming is caused by the increased intensity of the global gas emission of the greenhouse effect due to the excessive greenhouse gas emission.
On the other hand, palm oil industry serves a positive impact on the income of the palm oil farmers and independent smallholders. They get higher income than the non-palm oil farmers. The non-palm oil farmers get for about Rp 20 million/ year, while the palm oil farmers and independent smallholders get Rp 130 million/ year in 2013. (red)
Source: http://www.lensajabar.co.id/2017/02/24/sawit-jadi-korban-black-campaign-pihak-luar/[:id]Februari 24, 2017
JAKARTA, LENSAJABAR.CO.ID – Menyikapi Kampanye hitam (black campaign) yang ditujukan bagi industri sawit terus terjadi, seperti kasus peredaran produk makanan impor berlabel Palm Oil Free di sejumlah ritel di Jakarta. Membuat pihak pecinta maupun pengusaha sawit angkat bicara.
“Pihak luar terus melakukan upaya mematikan industri sawit di Indonesia dengan menyebut sawit berdampak pada pemanasan dan iklim global. Padahal, pemanasan global disebabkan meningkatnya intensitas efek gas rumah kaca global akibat emisi gas rumah kaca yang berlebihan,” Erwin Masrul Harapan selaku Koordinator Pecinta Sawit di Universitas Sumatera Utara yang dikutip laman paspimonitor beberapa waktu lalu.
Seperti diketahui katanya, angka konsumsi minyak sawit dunia terus mengalami peningkatan dari tahun ke tahun ketimbang sumber minyak nabati lain seperti kedelai, rapeseed, dan bunga matahari. “Negara lain menebar kampanye hitam itu lantaran tak mampu bersaing dengan industri sawit dunia yang dikuasai Indonesia,” tandas Erwin.
Pernyataan yang sama juga diutarakan Sekretaris Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit Indonesia (GAPKI) Timbas Prasad bahwa Negara asing melakukan kampanye hitam dengan berbagai cara. Seperti pada awal Januari, beredar makanan ringan asal Italia yang bebas dari bahan kelapa sawit di Jakarta.
“Tulisan palm oil free pada bagian depan bungkusan merupakan bentuk kampanye hitam,” katanya.
Untuk itu, dia meminta instansi terkait terutama Badan Pegawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM) mencabut izin perusahaan dan menarik produk tersebut dari pasar.
Sementara, Tungkot Sipayung selaku Direktur Palm Oil Agribisnis Strategic Policy Institute mengatakan ada mitos yang menyebutkan pemanasan global dan perubahan iklim global disebabkan Indonesia khususnya perkebunan kelapa sawit. “Pemanasan global disebabkan meningkatnya intensitas efek gas rumah kaca global akibat emisi gas rumah kaca berlebihan,” ucapnya.
Di sisi lain, industri sawit memberikan dampak positif bagi pendapatan petani sawit plasma dan swadaya jauh lebih tinggi dibandingkan petani non sawit. Perbandingannya petani non sawit di kisaran Rp 20 juta per tahun, sedangkan kelapa sawit plasma dan swadaya di angka Rp 130 juta per tahun pada tahun 2013. (red)
Sumber: http://www.lensajabar.co.id/2017/02/24/sawit-jadi-korban-black-campaign-pihak-luar/[:]
