Representatives of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia and the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, Indonesia visited EFForTS project sites and the University of Jambi (UNJA) from July 26 to 28, 2017. Occasion of the visit was to get a better understanding of the research activities of EFForTS (here: management of palm oil plantations and the B11 Enrichment Experiment) and to discuss opportunities of cooperation with UNJA.

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were:
- Dr. Siswo Pramono (The deputy head of the Policy Analysis and Development Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BPPK)
- Dr. Leonard F. Hutabarat (The head of the Center for Policy Analysis and Development for America and Europe, P3K2)
- Mr. Benny K. Rahman (officer of P3K2)
- Mr. Mahendra Siregar (Executive Director of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC))
- Mr. Iman Y. Fakhrudin (officer of CPOPC)

The first day of the visit began with a meeting at UNJA which was joined by Prof. Zulkifli Alamsyah (vice rector of UNJA), Dr. Bambang Irawan (UNJA representative of EFForTS) and Dr. Aiyen Tjoa (EFForTS coordinator in Jambi) and Dr. Suria Tarigan (counterparts / representative of IPB, Bogor).
Outcome of the meeting: both BPPK and CPOC will support a summer school at both UNJA and IPB on oil palm management and land use / landscape.

Meeting with vice rector Unja
Meeting of the delegates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, Indonesia with EFForTS representatives and the president of Jambi University on July 26, 2017.
(From left to right: Dr. Suria Tarigan / IPB, Dr. Bambang Irawan / UNJA representative of EFForTS, Prof. Zulkifli Alamsyah / Vice rector of UNJA, Dr. Aiyen Tjoa / EFForTS coordinator in Jambi, Dr. Siswo Pramono / Deputy head of BPPK, Dr. Leonard F. Hutabarat / Head P3K2, Mr. Iman Y. Fakhrudin / Officer at CPOC, Mr. Benny K. Rahman / Officer at P3K2.)


On the following day, the delegation visited core plots of EFForTS at PTPN VI (site of the climate tower and the management experiment) where meetings with the director of PTPN VI and farmers took place.
The last point was a visit of the B11 Enrichment Experiment (BEE) at PT Humusindo.

Expressions of interests / points of discussions were the scaling up of BEE at PTPN VI and PT Humusindo.

Visit BEE
Visit of the delegates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, Indonesia of the B11 Enrichment Experiment of EFForTS at PT Humusindo.
(From left to right: Mr. Iman Y. Fakhrudin / Officer at CPOC, Dr. Clara Zemp, postdoctoral researcher of EFForTS, Dr. Siswo Pramono / Deputy head of BPPK, Mr. Mahendra S., Dr. Bambang Irawan / UNJA representative of EFForTS, Dr. Aiyen Tjoa / EFForTS coordinator in Jambi, Mr. Edward S. (EFForTS staff), Mr. Benny K. Rahman / Officer at P3K2, Mr. Juliandi / EFForTS staff.)