FRAMING OF THE CERTIFICATION Of ROUNDATABLE ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL (RSOP) FARMER'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STRATEGY IN SOUTH TAPANULI WITH ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH (Study Case of Unilever Assisted Farmer Groups)

The agricultural sector is one of the crucial sectors in Indonesia, which primary source food and economic growth. role this can still be increased if appropriately managed. In today's international trade, sustainability most important things to maintain, embodied Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies used as strategies carried out by companies community empowerment. Asset-Based Community Development approach create an effective sustainable program. This done with stages discovery, dream, design, define, compare. As a result, all assets owned are mapped for human, financial, social, physical, natural assets. targets expected farmer group build commitment independence groups program sustainability, increase income independent smallholders who have obtained RSPO certificates, number certified each year. strategy prepared based derivatives actor, Unilever, academics, local government.