ANALISIS PERSEPSI PETANI KELAPA SAWIT POLA SWADAYA MENGHADAPI SERTIFIKASI RSPO DI KECAMATAN UKUI KABUPATEN PELALAWAN
Abstract: Oil palm plays an
important role in Indonesian economy. Development of palm oil supply chain
creates a large number of employment, reduces poverty, increases foreign
exchange earnings, and improves rural welfare. However, oil palm expansion has
been claimed to be the source of deforestation, biodiversity loss, GHG emision,
land and forest fires and land conflicts. Some private and non-governmental
organizations have established a certification system, “the Roundtable on
Sustainable Palm Oil”, to mitigate the negative impacts of oil palm production.
All oil palm growers have to comply with the Principle and Criteria of RSPO to
be included in the global market. However, the smallholders are the most
vulnerable party to meet the standard because of their limited access to
various inputs, finance, and information. Certification is a new challenge for
smallholders in a global oil palm supply chain. The objective of this study is
to analyse farmers’ perception on RSPO certification. This research use the
likert scale to measure farmers’ perception. The data were collected through a
survey on the farmers. The size of sample selected from the population are 59
independent smallholders. The result shows that the farmers’ perception on
certification is “very good”. There are an increasing awareness of the farmers
on sustainable oil palm production. The study also found that most of the
farmers participate in the process of certification. However, the
implementation of the Principles and Criteria carried out by oil palm growers
is still below the certification standard i.e., only 57.17%.
Penulis: Kriston Harianja,
Sakti Hutabarat, Novia Dewi
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd150753