Most Indonesian palm oil firms not sharing land with small farmers as required

Mongabay
Jul 24, 2023, 5:51 pm194 pts
JAKARTA — Only a fifth of Indonesian palm oil companies are compliant with a requirement to allocate part of their land to smallholder farmers, according to official data. The government’s audit agency, the BPKP, found that only 21% of 2,864 plantation firms in the country had allocated the mandatory 20%…

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