148 oil palm plantations are inactive

About 148 oil palm plantation companies in Riau province, about 95,261 ha, can not realize their investment. As the result, that plantation is inactive, said Akmal J.S., deputy of agriculture agency. That amount reached almost 50% of plantation companies in Riau. Governor of Riau, Rusli Zaenal, said that Riau government will continuously improve the oil palm industry and they have prepared Rp. 450 billion to replanting the 1.6 million ha oil palm plantations. (Bisnis Indonesia, Mo May 26, p. T1)