Synergy Between the Kutai Kartanegara Plantation Office and the Samarinda State Agricultural Polytechnic to Create Optimal Plasma Plantations in the Kutai Kartanegara Region, East Kalimantan
Samarinda, December 29, 2025 – In an effort to promote sustainable and science-based plantation development, the Kutai Kartanegara Regency Plantation Office and the Samarinda State Agricultural Polytechnic officially established a strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The event took place in the 2nd Floor Meeting Room of the Samarinda Polytechnic Campus.
This MoU forms the basis for collaboration in providing technical assistance, training, applied research, and community service in the plantation sector. The main focus of the collaboration is assistance in the establishment and management of oil palm plasma plantations in the Kutai Kartanegara region. In their presentations, several lecturers and leaders from Samarinda Polytechnic presented a study to find the optimum value in plasma plantation development. The study covered critical aspects such as Land Optimization, Cost Efficiency, and Increasing Added Value.
The Head of the Kukar Plantation Service stated that this collaboration with academics is crucial to ensure that every plasma plantation development is based on sound technical and economic calculations, thus providing a real impact for farmers and the regional economy.
Meanwhile, the Director of the Samarinda Hamka Polytechnic, Hamka, S.TP., M.Sc., MP, emphasized that the polytechnic is ready to fully support the institution with appropriate scientific and technological resources. It is hoped that through this synergy, plasma plantations in Kukar can become a model that is not only optimal agronomically and economically, but also environmentally sustainable.
The event concluded with a joint commitment to immediately implement concrete programs as a follow-up to the signed MoU.
Samarinda, December 29, 2025 – In an effort to promote sustainable and science-based plantation development, the Kutai Kartanegara Regency Plantation Office and the Samarinda State Agricultural Polytechnic officially established a strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The event took place in the 2nd Floor Meeting Room of the Samarinda Polytechnic Campus.
This MoU forms the basis for collaboration in providing technical assistance, training, applied research, and community service in the plantation sector. The main focus of the collaboration is assistance in the establishment and management of oil palm plasma plantations in the Kutai Kartanegara region. In their presentations, several lecturers and leaders from Samarinda Polytechnic presented a study to find the optimum value in plasma plantation development. The study covered critical aspects such as Land Optimization, Cost Efficiency, and Increasing Added Value.
The Head of the Kukar Plantation Service stated that this collaboration with academics is crucial to ensure that every plasma plantation development is based on sound technical and economic calculations, thus providing a real impact for farmers and the regional economy.
Meanwhile, the Director of the Samarinda Hamka Polytechnic, Hamka, S.TP., M.Sc., MP, emphasized that the polytechnic is ready to fully support the institution with appropriate scientific and technological resources. It is hoped that through this synergy, plasma plantations in Kukar can become a model that is not only optimal agronomically and economically, but also environmentally sustainable.
The event concluded with a joint commitment to immediately implement concrete programs as a follow-up to the signed MoU.
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