STUDI KOMPARATIF KERAGAAN KEBUN KELAPA SAWIT POLA SWADAYA RSPO DAN NON-RSPO DI KECAMATAN UKUI KABUPATEN PELALAWAN
Abstract: Oil
palm produces vegetable oil used in various products including food, non-food,
and biodiesel. Increasing demand for crude palm oil has provoked demand for
fresh fruit bunches. The oil palm growers respond the higher demand by
development of new planting. Land expansion become an important issue since it
creates not only positive impacts but also negative impacts such as
deforestation, biodiversity loss, forest fire and land conflicts. RSPO
certification was established to mitigate the negative impacts and to promote
sustainable production of palm oil. The growers must comply the Principles and
Criteria of RSPO. Independent smallholers are the most susceptible growers to
be included in the oil palm supply chain. How does the farmers manage their
plantation to meet the standard while they face various barriers to run their
business? The aims of this study are to analyse smallholders’ performance, to assess
the application of RSPO Principles and Criteria, and to compare productivity
and farm income of oil palm plantations between the RSPO and non-certified
independent smallholders. A survey method is used to collect data from the
selected samples, 78 of RSPO-certified and 59 of Non-certified smallholders.
Using quantitative and qualitative analyses, the result shows that the
RSPO-certified smallholders have a very good performance and applied all the
RSPO standard. The non-certified smallholders have a good performance and they
are in the process of certification to meet the criteria. There are no
significant differences in productivity and farm income between the two models.
The RSPO-certified and non-certified smallholders located in the same area, therefore,
most of the non-certified smallholders have seen the best practices and start
applying some of the best practices by themselves.
Penulis: Fitriani, Sakti
Hutabarat, Jumatri Yusri
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd150671
