Oil Palm in Indonesian Socio-Economic Improvement - A Review of Options

By Z. Zen, C. Barlow, R. Gondowarsito. 2005

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The Cost of Avoiding Deforestation: Update of the Report prepared for the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change (2008, methodology): “Between 1990 and 2003, the area dedicated to oil palm increased by roughly 12% per year (Zen et al 2005).”
Swidden Transformations and Rural Livelihoods in Southeast Asia (2009, background): “Nucleus estate and smallholder (NES) schemes for oil palm in Indonesia involve the allocation of extensive areas of land (much of which is former swidden land) to a central estate, with varying degrees of support for surrounding landholders to convert their lands to oil palm and supply the central m”
Oil palm expansion among smallholder farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia (2016, background): “Participating farmers will eventually receive a land title for their smallholding, after the credit received for the cost of plantation establishment has been repaid (McCarthy and Cramb, 2009; Zen et al., 2006).”
Towards better practice in smallholder palm oil production. (2006, methodology): “Anecdotal evidence suggests that the standard of living is relatively high among participants in this share certificate scheme (Zen et al 2005).”
Oil Palm Adoption, Household Welfare, and Nutrition Among Smallholder Farmers in Indonesia (2017, background): “All rights reserved. www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.019 1 Please cite this article in press as: Euler, M. et al. Oil Palm Adoption, Household Welfare, and Nutrition Among Smallholder Farmers in Indonesia, World Development (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1”
The livelihood impacts of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia (2010, methodology): “However, such resilience will be afforded by secure land ownership; the impacts of price variability on transmigrant farmers who with limited land have no opportunity to diversify are likely to be significantly different (Zen et al. 2005).”
The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know? (2009, background): “In Indonesia, 1.7–2 million people work in the oil palm sector (Wakker 2006; Zen et al. 2006).”
Palm oil intensification and expansion in Indonesia and Malaysia: Environmental and socio-political factors influencing policy (2018, background): “These factors,469 combined with limited technical knowledge on how to optimize production, has led to low470 rates of productivity (Zen et al., 2005) which also forces smallholders to expand in an471 14 Calculated by the author from this and other reliable sources.”
Palm oil-based biofuels and sustainability in southeast Asia: A review of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (2014, background): “This system, albeit not without its shortcomings, engages the participation of approximately 500,000 smallholders and provides avenues for gaining economic benefits [73].”