Sumatra

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Photographs of Sumatra, Indonesia

  • A view over the palm oil plantation, photograped from a fire tower, Musim Mas.
  • Musim Mas provides workers with facilities so that all their needs can be catered for inside the plantation, including a mosque with quran reading classes for children.
  • Musim Mas provide accomodation for all workers and their families inside the plantation.
  • Musim Mas provide accomodation for all workers and their families inside the plantation. They also provide a creche service for workers children whilst they are at work.
  • Pak Munir, the head of Betung village is very happy with the prosperity that palm oil has bought to his province.
  • Trucks drive around the plantations collecting palm fruit to take back to the central mill for processing.
  • Pak Bakri is smallholder farmer, he owns 4 hectares of land which he runs in conjunction with Musim Mas' KKPA smallholder scheme.
  • Pak Godi, a smallholder farmer who is affilaited with Musim Mas via their KKPA smallhodler scheme shows harvested palm fruit. Riau, Sumatra.
  • Smallholders make notes of how much fruit is harvested. Musim Mas pays them according to weight.
  • Pak Godhi weighs his harvest in a smallholder village near the Musim Mas estate.
  • Pak Bakri's mother spent most of her life living in poverty, it is only since palm oil moved into the region that she has been able to live in relative comfort and stability.
  • Pak Godi, a smallholder farmer who is affilaited with Musim Mas via their KKPA smallhodler scheme, Riau, Sumatra.
  • Workers at Musim Mas plantation wearing their personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Workers dressed for fertiliser application, Musim Mas plantation. Their prtective clothing reads 'say no to paraquat' a toxic chemical used to clear weeds that has been banned by the RSPO.
  • Workers at Musim Mas visit Bakri's plantation in order to collect his harvest and take it to be processed at the mill in Musim Mas.
  • Musim Mas provides workers with facilities so that all their needs can be catered for inside the plantation, including a mosque with quran reading classes for children.