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ABSTRACT Competence of palm oil farmers in global trading competition depends on implementing 4 of 7 ISPO standards that was set by the government. The aims of this research were to : 1) Studying the Role of farmer-s extension in guiding the farmers to implement the standards, and 2) Analysing farmer competence in implementing standards set by the government. This research used survey method held from January to June 2019. Multi stage approcah was used in site selection (district and village). Sampling respondent consist of 91 palm oil farmers came from 3 villages representative. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (percentage, and Likerts scale). Result of this research showed that farmer profile was dominated by male with high school education, had 4 family members, Javanese who have 10-20 years farming experience, and had farming as the main livelihood. It has an impact on less capable of small holder farmers in fulfilling the 4 standards (legality of land ownership, farmers organization and farm managememt, enviromental management, and developing a sustainable agribusiness). The goverment was expected to sinergize with farmers and private sectors (coorporation) in improving farmers empowerment and independence during palm oil management according to the set up standards so that the farmers could compete globally. Keywords : palm oil, ISPO, competence