Jakarta, Aug. 11 -- Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Laksana Tri Handoko emphasized his full support for the downstreaming of palm oil to create value-added derivative products.

In his speech at the 2025 Indonesia Innovator Award and Indonesia Innovator Lecture ceremony here on Monday, Handoko stated that precision seed research is essential to address the diverse agroclimatic conditions across Indonesia.

"We need to develop precision seeds as much as possible to accommodate all the agroclimatic conditions in various regions of Indonesia while also developing cultivation technologies that are also precise," he stated.

He stressed that the approach applies not only to palm oil but also to other commodities such...