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The carbon efficiency of oil palm plantations: an opportunity cost analysis
Author
Sonya Dewi, Andree Ekadinata, Arif Rahmanulloh, Ni'matul Khasanah, Subekti Rahayu, Meine van Noordwijk and Suseno Budidarsono
Year
2012
Publisher
World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF, SEA Regional Office
City of Publication
Bogor, Indonesia
Series Number
Technical Brief No. 28: palm oil series
Number of Pages
6
Call Number
PB0050-12
Abstract:
The introduction and expansion
of oil palm in Indonesia reflects the crop’s
economic attractiveness and benefits, but the social interactions between
companies and local communities have had a mixed track record that requires attention. To some extent, oil
palm plantations have been portrayed as costly from social and environmental perspectives.
To understand the economic benefits of palm oil production, we analyzed both private and financial returns at the
plantation level as well as the return to labour. Socially, interaction areas were identified as the result of labour
requirements of oil palm plantations and the profitability of independent and plasma smallholders’ plantations.
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