KERAGAAN PETANI KELAPA SAWIT POLA KKPA DALAM MENGHADAPI SERTIFIKASI DI DESA BINA BARU KECAMATAN KAMPAR KIRI TENGAH KABUPATEN KAMPAR
Abstract: Increasing demand
for oil palm fruit and higher price of fresh fruit bunches have motivated huge
investors and farmers to increase their oil palm production. Since land
expansion was considered to be cheaper and easier to implement than
intensification, new planting become more populer in order to increase oil palm
production. However, there are many negative impacts following the expansion of
oil palm plantation, such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, land
degradation, GHG emission, and land conflicts. A number of private and
non-governmental institutions have created certification system to halt the
destruction of the forest and environtment. All oil palm products must comply
to the standard to be included in the supply chain. This situation becomes a
dilemma for oil palm smallholders. The conversion from convensional to
sustainable oil palm production needs a huge of costs while smallholders have
less access to various aspect related to oil palm production including access
to finance. The objective of this study is to analyse the existing performance
of oil palm smallholders including good agricultural practices, best management
practices, farm income, and household income. This study use a survey method to
collect primary data on 83 sample in the village. The result shows that the
majority of the smallholders do not apply best practices in their plantation.
Consequently, the quantity and quality of their oil palm fuits are considerably
low. A lot of work have to be done if the smallholders would like to obtain
certification.
Penulis: Stifany Christin,
Sakti Hutabarat, Novia Dewi
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd150710
