Smallholder challenges in the growing palm oil industry
Date
2015-05
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Authors
Wissler, Laurie
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OA Version
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Abstract
2014 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellow Laurie Wissler explores the challenges faced by smallholder palm oil farmers, particularly in Southeast Asia. Smallholders operating less than 50 hectares of land produce about one-third of the global palm oil supply, but their livelihoods are threatened by land conflicts, market vulnerability, and low crop yields. She concludes that action by domestic governments, industry stakeholders, and NGOs is needed to protect smallholders and to continue to meet the growing global demand for palm oil.
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