Rubber vs. oil palm: an analysis of factors influencing smallholders' crop choice in Jambi, Indonesia
| Autor: | Schwarze, Stefan, Euler, Michael, Gatto, Marcel, Hein, Jonas, Hettig, Elisabeth, Holtkamp, Anna Maria, Izhar, Lufti, Kunz, Yvonne, Lay, Jann, Merten, Jenny, Moser, Stefan, Mußhoff, Oliver, Otten, Fenna, Qaim, Matin, Soetarto, Endriatmo, Steinebach, Stefanie, Trapp, Katharina, Vorlaufer, Miriam, Faust, Heiko |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universität Göttingen, SFB 990 EFForTS, Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesien), Universität Göttingen, Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Politikwissenschaft
Political science Natürliche Rohstoffverarbeitung Jambi Palmöl Kautschuk Pflanzliche/Tierische Öle und Fette Auswirkung auf die Umwelt Lokal Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb Special areas of Departmental Policy spezielle Ressortpolitik Landwirt Auswirkung natürliche Ressourcen Fachwissen ländliche Entwicklung Großgrundbesitz Nahrungsmittel Entscheidungsprozess Indonesien Ackerbau Kleinbetrieb Entscheidungsfindung food natural resources decision making process farmer expertise arable farming Indonesia small business large landed property impact rural development decision making 10500 |
| Zdroj: | 11, EFForTS Discussion Paper Series, 35 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Arbeitspapier<br />working paper |
| ISSN: | 2197-6244 |
| Popis: | The rapid expansion of the oil palm area in many tropical countries has raised concerns about its negative impact on local communities, food security, and on the environment. While the expansion of oil palm in early stages was mainly driven by large private and public companies, it is expected that smallholders will outnumber large estates in the near future. For policy formulation it is hence important to better understand who these smallholders are and why they have started to cultivate oil palm. In this paper, we used a rich dataset collected in the province of Jambi, which is one of the most important production areas for oil palm, to analyse smallholders’ decision making by combining qualitative, quantitative, and experimental methods. We identified agricultural expertise, lacking flexibility in labour requirements, availability of seedlings, and investment costs as the major constraints for farmers to cultivate oil palm. Important reasons for oil palm cultivation are the higher returns to labour and the shorter immature phase of oil palm. We also showed that oil palm farmers are neither risk-averse nor risk-loving, rather, they appear to be risk-neutral. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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