Independent oil palm smallholder management practices and yields
| Autor: | Maja Slingerland, Aritta Suwarno, Rosanne Elisabeth de Vos, Jennifer M. Lucey, Peter J. Van Der Meer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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RSPO certification
Yield (finance) Certification oil palm Agricultural science Olie Palm oil Management practices General Environmental Science Palmen WIMEK Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Livelihood PE&RC sustainability smallholders Environmental Systems Analysis Plant Production Systems Indonesia Plantaardige Productiesystemen Milieusysteemanalyse Certificatie Sustainability plantation management Business Sustainable production |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Research Letters 16 (2021) 6 Environmental Research Letters, 16(6) Environmental Research Letters, 16(6). Bristol: IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 1748-9326 1748-9318 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/ac018d |
| Popis: | Smallholders are a substantial part of the oil palm sector and thus are key to achieving more sustainable production. However, so far their yields remain below potential. The Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO) aims to include smallholders in sustainability certification to strengthen rural livelihoods and reduce negative environmental impacts. This study aims to determine if and how certified smallholders perform differently from their non-certified counterparts in terms of management practices and yields, and to what extent this is related to RSPO certification. Certified smallholders had significantly better management practices in terms of planting material (tenera) and fertiliser use (16.8 vs 4.8 bags ha−1 yr−1) and had significantly higher yields (22.5 vs 14.5 ton fresh fruit bunches ha−11 yr−11, corrected for palm age). Planting material and harvesting frequency significantly explained higher yields. These differences could not be attributed to certification per se but were probably due to pre-certification conditions, including strong group organisation. It remains a question as to how sustainability certification can be a driver of change by including smallholders who have relatively larger yield gaps, and who lag behind in eligibility criteria for certification. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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