Indonesia, Aug. 11 -- Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono has urged state-owned enterprise PT Agrinas Palma Nusantara to develop a palm oil ecosystem with cooperatives and farmers, drawing on a model applied by Malaysia's Federal Land Development Authority (Felda).

At the National Seminar on Cooperative-Based Palm Oil Optimization and Downstreaming here on Tuesday, Juliantono said Felda could serve as a reference for consolidating smallholder plantations and palm oil farmers through cooperatives.

He noted that despite this smaller land area, Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) production and export volumes remain relatively close to Indonesia's.

"That means there is a difference in management," he said.

The minister said Indonesia's pa...