Investigating the links between management practices and economic performances of smallholders' oil palm plots. A case study in Jambi province, Indonesia

Autor: Eric Penot, Cécile Bessou, Alexis Thoumazeau, Jean Ollivier, Romane Mettauer, Puspita Demitria, Zulkifli Alamsyah, Hans Smit, Bénédicte Chambon, Victor Baron, Turinah
Přispěvatelé: Agrosystèmes Biodiversifiés (UMR ABSys), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Département Performances des systèmes de production et de transformation tropicaux (Cirad-PERSYST), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Institut Teknologi dan Sains Nahdlatul Ulama Pasuruan (ITSNU Pasuruan), Universitas Jambi, Partenaires INRAE, SNV Indonesia, Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation (UMR Innovation), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), This study was implemented under the framework of the 'Solidarity Sourcing Berbak Landscape' project funded by L'Oreal Company, through a trilateral partnership between L'Oreal, SNV and Cirad. The authors thank L'Oreal for support and Nisrine Zaaraoui, Alice Lemont and Stephanie Ringeissen for efficient project management.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
Trade-offs
Ex-plasma smallholders
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Performance de culture
01 natural sciences
Gross margin
Agricultural science
parcelle
Elaeis guineensis
productivité agricole
2. Zero hunger
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Agricultural practices
Multi criteria analysis
Scale (social sciences)
Oil palm
Profitability index
Context (language use)
Economic performances
Petite exploitation agricole
pratique agricole
Palm oil
Management practices
business.industry
Économie agricole
Rentabilité
15. Life on land
E20 - Organisation
administration et gestion des entreprises ou exploitations agricoles
Agriculture
Système d'exploitation agricole
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture
forestry
and fisheries
Système de culture
Animal Science and Zoology
business
Agronomy and Crop Science
010606 plant biology & botany
Diversity (business)
Zdroj: Agricultural Systems
Agricultural Systems, Elsevier Masson, 2021, 194, pp.103274. ⟨10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103274⟩
ISSN: 0308-521X
Popis: International audience; Highlights:• The diversity of oil palm smallholders management practice and their performances remain poorly known.• We aim to understand which farming systems optimize the economic performance of oil palm.• A first typology on agricultural practices revealed a gradient of intensification, a second on economic performances revealed an optimum.• Crossing the two typologies showed that intensive practices are not economically optimal.• The study recommends to adapt local recommendations using multicriteria approaches.Abstract:CONTEXT: Oil palm is widely cultivated in Indonesia and it is produced by various populations of smallholders. Among those, ex-plasma smallholders are characterized by the fact that they only start to manage their own plantations 5 to 10 years after those were initially planted and managed by a partner industrial company. Despite the large areas that are cultivated by ex-plasma smallholders, their diversity of practices and economic performances are poorly quantified.OBJECTIVE: The present study aims at investigating which smallholder farming systems optimize profitability at the plot scale.METHOD: We defined two typologies, one based on agricultural practices and the other based on economic performance, using multivariate statistical analysis. The typologies were crossed to understand the links between agricultural practices and economic performance at the plot level.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that despite initial plot homogeneity during planting phase, ex-plasma smallholders can develop very diversified management practices. A gradient of intensification was observed from farmers implementing no fertilization or weeding management up to farmers following agroindustrial-like management. Economic performances at the plot level was found to be variable, with gross margins ranging from 1.1 to 26.9 M IDR.ha−1.yr−1 (eq. 66.4 to 1625.5€). We showed that the most intensive practices led to highest yields although these were not linked to the optimal economic plot performances. A trade-off based on input costs was revealed, as high fertilization practices did not seem economically optimal for smallholders.SIGNIFICANCE: The present study highlights the need to combine quantified agronomic assessments with economic analysis, to properly design recommendations to farmers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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