Globally, smallholder farmers cultivate an estimated 40% of the Indonesian palm oil land area and contributes to approximately 40% of the global production of palm oil. Thus, smallholder professionalisation is essential. An increasing number of these farmers are afflicted by low productivity, low incomes and the impact of palm cultivation on forests, soils, water and animal biodiversity.
Join Unilever Sustainable Sourcing Team at LEVEL3 to find out more about Unilever’s Smallholder Program and how it works with various local partners to increase the incomes of farmers by educating them about sustainable farming practices, safe environmental and labour practices and promoting RSPO certification.
Understand how collaboration with independent mills, PT SKIP, Daemeter (implementation), PT Koltiva (land mapping) and World Education (training, coaching) and other partners has enabled small-scale farmers to access knowledge to achieve high-yield, low-impact oil palm farming in the region.
Programme
5:30PM - 6:00PM: Registration
6:00PM: Opening Speech by Unilever
6:15PM - 6:45PM: Keynote from Partners Godwin Limberg, Regional Manager and Edy Dwi Hartono, Smallholder Training and Capacity Building Specialist at Daemeter Consulting
6:45PM - 7:00PM: Q&A
7:00PM - 7:30PM: Networking Drinks
About the speaker:
Goldwin Limberg, Regional Manager of Daemeter Consulting
Holding a Masters degree in Tropical Crop Science at the Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands, Limberg has over 25 years of experience in supporting sustainable development and conservation in agriculture, forestry and mining sectors. He has also spearheaded large scale smallholder farmer mapping and engagement programmes in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Edy Dwi Hartono, Smallholder Training and Capacity Building Specialist at Daemeter Consulting
Having spent 22 years in farmer training and capacity building, Hartono has completed various projects for World Education Inc. such as smallholder palm oil, financial literacy and education for women's groups and street children across Indonesia and Timor Leste. Currently at Daemeter, he is leading in palm oil smallholder programmes together with traceability projects in South Sumatra, Riau, East and Central Kalimantan.
Ingrid Richardson, Senior Manager Sourcing at Unilever
Ingrid Richardson works as a Senior Manager in the Sustainable Sourcing at Unilever, with responsibility for designing and managing smallholder and digital projects in palm. Prior to Unilever and for the past ten years, Ingrid worked across SE Asia for NGOs focusing on program design, monitoring and evaluation. Ingrid also has previous experience in Australia working for Rabobank in agricultural market analysis. Ingrid has a degree in Agricultural Science and a Masters in Sustainable Development specialising in Rural Development.
