As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Well this doesn’t just apply to fish: Asian Agri has been working with local communities to help them farm egg-producing ducks.

Thirty years ago, Novia’s family faced a dilemma. Her parents wanted to improve their economic situation, but it was hard to find permanent work in their hometown of, Jombang, in East Java. In 1990, Novia's family was offered the chance to join the government's Plasma Transmigration Program (Perkebunan Inti Rakyat, also known as PIR-Trans), and migrate to Pelalawan, Riau, to run an oil palm plantation. Through this program, the Indonesian government encouraged cooperation between oil palm smallholders and oil palm plantation companies, such as Asian Agri.

Medan, 3rd June 2021 – In an effort to support herd immunity and support economic recovery in the oil palm plantation sector, Asian Agri, which is part of the Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) group of companies, organized “Gotong Royong Vaccinations” for all of its employees across several regions in Sumatra.