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        "id": 1953529,
        "msgid": "ptpn-iv-palmco-launches-1-000-hectare-soybean-pilot-project-1788274886",
        "date": "2026-09-01 20:35:53",
        "title": "PTPN IV PalmCo Launches 1,000-Hectare Soybean Pilot Project",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "PTPN IV PalmCo has commenced a 1,000-hectare soybean pilot project on oil palm replanting areas to bolster national food security. The initiative aims to increase domestic production and reduce reliance on soybean imports, following government directives.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV PalmCo has\nlaunched a 1,000-hectare soybean planting pilot project within oil palm\nreplanting areas as part of an effort to increase national soybean\nproduction.<\/p>\n<p>The President Director of PTPN IV PalmCo, Jatmiko K Santosa, stated\nthat the project is a follow-up to a government mandate to support the\nstrengthening of food security, specifically for the soybean\ncommodity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlhamdulillah, PTPN IV has carried out the initial planting of the\nsoybean pilot project. This is our follow-up to the President\u2019s\ndirection through the Minister of Agriculture to increase national\nproduction and reduce soybean imports,\u201d Jatmiko said in an official\nstatement received in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The initial planting took place on Friday (28\/8) and was centred at\nthe Adolina Estate, Regional II of PTPN IV PalmCo, in Serdang Bedagai\nRegency, North Sumatra, and was connected online to similar activities\nin several of the company\u2019s operational areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are optimising replanting areas or palm oil conversion areas.\nTherefore, for approximately six months before the oil palm is\nreplanted, we will plant soybeans first,\u201d Jatmiko explained.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the results of the pilot project will serve as a\nconsideration before expanding soybean cultivation to larger areas,\nwhile maintaining a principle of investment prudence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we have never planted soybeans before, we are preparing a\n1,000-hectare pilot project first. In accordance with the direction from\nDanantara, if this succeeds and demonstrates feasibility across various\naspects, God willing, it will be continued with a more massive scale so\nthat the government\u2019s hope to increase production and reduce soybean\nimports can be realised,\u201d he added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ptpn-iv-palmco-launches-1-000-hectare-soybean-pilot-project-1788274886",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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